Equity, ethnicity and the hidden dangers of 'contextual' measures of school performance

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-291

  Bradbury, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attainment gaps; High stakes testing; League tables; Race; Value added measures

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EQUITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957874298     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2010.543388     Document Type: Article

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