Unpacking the inequality among Turkish schools: Findings from PISA 2006

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-192

  Alacaci, Cengiz ^a   Erbaş, Ayhan Kürşat ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Equality; International education; PISA; School characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70449671171     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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