Building the WARL: The development of the Wheldall assessment of reading lists, a curriculum-based measure designed to identify young struggling readers and monitor their progress

Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-111

  Reynolds, Meree ^a   Wheldall, Kevin ^a   Madelaine, Alison ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 79960868495     PISSN: 19404158     EISSN: 19404166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19404150902783443     Document Type: Article

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