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NC_K_FWAY database

North Carolina Kindergarten FWAY database posted 6/26/2021

Download the database file and it in SALT's external database folder which, by default, is "Documents\My SALT Data\External Reference Databases" (a folder which is created the first time you open SALT 20). Once stored in this folder, the databases can be used for comparison within SALT. They cannot be opened outside of SALT. The following document provides additional details: How to Add a Reference Database to SALT 20

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Kimberly Anderson,
Terry Atkinson, &
Elizabeth Swaggerty

East Carolina University

333 story-retell narratives using the wordless picture book "Frog, Where Are You?" by Mercer Mayer.  Samples were elicited near the beginning of the school year from typical kindergarten students, ages 4;11 - 6;4, drawn from public schools in North Carolina. The students' primary language was English.

NC Kindergarten FWAY (2.4 MB)

compatible with SALT 18 and SALT 20