Setting the "oppurtunity to read" standard: Resuscitationg the SSR program in an urban high school

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-150

  Fisher, Douglas ^a  

^a Professional Development for City Heights Educational Collaborative   (United States)

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EID: 8744237949     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.48.2.5     Document Type: Review

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