The search for quality: A five country study of national strategies to improve educational quality in Central Asia

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 514-530

  Chapman, David W ^a   Weidman, John ^b   Cohen, Marc ^c   Mercer, Malcolm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Basic education; Central Asia; Education quality

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22744440179     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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