Raising Standards: Is ability grouping the answer?

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-358

  Ireson, Judith ^a   Hallam, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0348230918     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030549899104026     Document Type: Article

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