An analysis of the value added by secondary schools in England: Is the value added indicator of any value?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-224

  Taylor, Jim ^a   Nguyen, Anh Ngoc ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644884188     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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