A comparison of metrics for scoring beginning spelling

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-88

  Ritchey, Kristen D ^a   Coker Jr , David L ^a   McCraw, Sara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum based measurement; Kindergarten; Literacy; Reading; Scoring metrics; Spelling; Written expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951494844     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: 1938-745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508409336087     Document Type: Article

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