The stratification of learning opportunities and achievement in Tasmanian secondary schools

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-167

  Lamb, Stephen ^a   Hogan, David ^b   Johnson, Trevor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achievement; Curriculum policy; School effectiveness; Sex differences; Social stratification; Socioeconomic influences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649284     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410104500205     Document Type: Article

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