An opportunity to better understand schooling: The growing presence of pisa in The AMERICAS*

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-473

  Milford, Todd ^a   Ross, Shelley P ^b   Anderson, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear models; Latin America; PISA test scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952321392     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-010-9201-z     Document Type: Article

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