Educational inequality in Colombia: Family background, school quality and student achievement in Cartagena

International Studies in Sociology of Education

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 291-317

  Rangel, Claudia ^a   Lleras, Christy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Colombia; Educational resources; Hierarchical linear modelling; School poverty; School sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650054255     PISSN: 09620214     EISSN: 17475066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2010.530855     Document Type: Article

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