Comprehending through composing: Reflections on reading assessment strategies

Children's Reading Comprehension and Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 215-234

  Calfee, Robert ^a   Miller, Roxanne Greitz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612762     Document Type: Chapter

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