Competition and the performance of English secondary schools: Further evidence

Education Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-193

  Levačić, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344675390     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0964529042000239186     Document Type: Article

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