A Multidimensional Framework to Evaluate Reading Assessment Tools

Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theories, Interventions, and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 107-136

  Magliano, Joseph P ^a   Millis, Keith ^a   Ozuru, Yasuhiro ^b   McNamara, Danielle S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203810033-8     Document Type: Chapter

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