Educational achievement and the disadvantage factor: Empirical evidence

Educational Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-110

  Demie, Feyisa ^a   Butler, Rebecca ^a   Taplin, Anne ^a  

^a Lambeth Education   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036623492     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690220124542     Document Type: Article

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