Technical adequacy and cost benefit of four measures of early literacy

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-204

  McBride, James R ^a   Ysseldyke, Jim ^b   Milone, Michael ^c   Stickney, Eric ^a  

^a Renaissance Learning   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Academic Therapy Publications   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized adaptive testing; Early literacy assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952527075     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573510363796     Document Type: Article

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