Factors influencing reading achievement in Germany and Spain: Evidence from PISA 2000

International Education Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-124

  Kotte, Dieter ^a   Lietz, Petra ^b   Lopez, Maria Martinez ^c  

^a Partner Causal Impact   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c National Institute for the Education System Evaluation and Quality   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross national comparisons; Hierarchical linear modelling; Reading achievement; Secondary school level

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844499747     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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