The predictability of enrolment and first-year university results from secondary school performance: The New Zealand national certificate of educational achievement

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 685-698

  Shulruf, Boaz ^a   Hattie, John ^a   Tumen, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 55849103207     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070802457025     Document Type: Article

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