Using examination results as indicators of school and college performance

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-163

  Goldstein, Harvey ^a   Thomas, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Examination results; Institutional comparisons; Multilevel modelling; Performance indicators; School effectiveness; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039924695     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2983475     Document Type: Article

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