Effects of Extended Time Allotments on Reading Comprehension Performance of College Students With and Without Learning Disabilities

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-336

  Lewandowski, Lawrence ^a   Cohen, Justin ^a   Lovett, Benjamin J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

extended time; learning disabilities; test accommodations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878147662     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282912462693     Document Type: Article

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