English language acquisition and educational attainment at the end of primary school

Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-291

  Strand, Steve ^a   Demie, Feyisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b London Borough of Lambeth ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainment; EAL; National tests; Performance tables; Stage of fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644594481     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500236613     Document Type: Review

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