Text Complexity: State of the art and the conundrums it raises

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 290-300

  Goldman, Susan R ^a   Lee, Carol D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928109667     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678298     Document Type: Article

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