Assessment data-Informed guidance to individualize kindergarten reading instruction: Findings from a cluster-randomized control field trial

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 535-560

  Al Otaiba, Stephanie ^a   Connor, Carol M ^a   Folsom, Jessica S ^a   Greulich, Luana ^a   Meadows, Jane ^a   Li, Zhi ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JP Morgan Chase   (United States)

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EID: 79955974637     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659031     Document Type: Article

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