Ethnic and gender differences in educational achievement and implications for school improvement strategies

Educational Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-106

  Demie, Feyisa ^a  

^a London Borough of Lambeth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Ethnicity; Gender; Key stage performance; School improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035286143     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880110040968     Document Type: Article

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