The Trend in SLD Enrollments and the Role of RTI

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 473-479

  Zirkel, Perry A ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; identification; reading; response to intervention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IDENTIFICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; READING; RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CLASSIFICATION; IDENTIFICATION; READING; RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882573478     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219413495297     Document Type: Article

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