A pilot study of a kindergarten summer school reading program in high-poverty urban schools

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-439

  Denton, Carolyn A ^a   Solari, Emily J ^a   Ciancio, Dennis J ^a   Hecht, Steven A ^a   Swank, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 77953050349     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/651190     Document Type: Article

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