Dropout in the lower tracks of dutch secondary education: Predictor variables and variation among schools

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-411

  Luyten, Hans ^a   Bosker, Roel ^b   Dekkers, Hetty ^c   Derks, Angelique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 11844301336     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/sesi.14.4.373.17158     Document Type: Article

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