What aspects of schooling are important? School effects on tertiary entrance performance

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-287

  Marks, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; PISA; School context; School effectiveness; School effects; Student level effects; Tertiary entrance performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955960616     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243451003694364     Document Type: Article

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