Assessment in Early Childhood: Instruction-Focused Strategies to Support Response-to-Intervention Frameworks

Assessment for Effective Intervention

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-34

  Snyder, Patricia A ^a   Wixson, Corinne S ^b   Talapatra, Devadrita ^b   Roach, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; early intervention; instructional validity; young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990319650     PISSN: 15345084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534508408314112     Document Type: Article

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