The National Early Literacy Panel report: Summary, commentary, and reflections on policies and practices to improve children's early literacy: Guest editor's introduction

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-278

  McGill Franzen, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Language processes; Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954724164     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10370619     Document Type: Article

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