Governing by numbers: The PISA 'effect' in Europe

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-37

  Grek, Sotiria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative; Critical analysis; European education space; OECD PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449121342     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930802412669     Document Type: Article

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