Raising and levelling the learning bar in central and Eastern Europe

Prospects

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 411-418

  Willms, J Douglas ^a   Smith, Thomas M ^b   Zhang, Yanhong ^c   Tramonte, Lucia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNESCO Institute for Statistics   (Canada)

^d Faculty of Arts Sociology   (Canada)

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EID: 34247515591     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-006-9008-4     Document Type: Article

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