Interpreting achievement gaps: Some comments on a dispute

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-298

  Hammersley, Martyn ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement gap; Ethnic differences in examination performance; Percentage change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035598795     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.t01-1-00176     Document Type: Review

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