Girl friendly? Investigating the gender gap in national reading tests at age 11

Educational Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-297

  Twist, Liz ^a   Sainsbury, Marian ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Gender; Primary; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249220261     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880902892089     Document Type: Article

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