Curriculum choice and success in the first two grades of secondary education: Students, classes, or schools?

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-182

  Pustjens, Heidi ^a   Van De Gaer, Eva ^a   Van Damme, Jan ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Course taking; Educational effectiveness research; Logistic multilevel analyses; Primary school

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749102454     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450802047923     Document Type: Article

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