Reliability of decision-making frameworks for response to intervention for reading

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-114

  Burns, Matthew K ^a   Scholin, Sarah E ^a   Kosciolek, Stacey ^b   Livingston, Judy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b St Croix River Education District   (United States)

^c Mahtomedi Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Progress monitoring; Reading assessment; Response to intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949577845     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282909342374     Document Type: Article

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