Analysis of national value-added datasets to estimate the impact of specialist schools on pupil performance

Educational Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-18

  Schagen, Ian ^a   Schagen, Sandie ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037357397     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690303266     Document Type: Article

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