Missing links in international education studies: Can we compare the U.S. with East Asian countries in the TIMSS?

International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning

Volumn 3, Issue , 1999, Pages

  Lee, Jaekyung ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c National Academy of Education   (United States)

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