Age of selection counts: A cross-country analysis of educational institutions

Educational Research and Evaluation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-366

  Horn, Daniel ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Education; Effectiveness; Inequality of opportunity; Institutions; PISA data; Standardization; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149134704     PISSN: 13803611     EISSN: 17444187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803610903087011     Document Type: Article

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