State differences in achievement among secondary school students in Australia

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-151

  Marks, Gary N ^a,c   Cresswell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OECD   (France)

^c Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Mathematics; Reading; Science education; Secondary education; State norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144505871     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410504900203     Document Type: Review

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