Further progress towards a standardised curriculum-based measure of reading: Calibrating a new passage reading test against the new south wales basic skills test

Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 461-471

  Madelaine, Alison ^a   Wheldall, Kevin ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84937382501     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341022000003132     Document Type: Article

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