Reaching for the unreachable: Identifying factors predicting early school leaving and non-completion in norwegian upper secondary education

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-253

  Markussen, Eifred ^a   Frøseth, Mari W ^a   Sandberg, Nina ^a  

^a Research and Education   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adapted education; Dropout; Early leaving; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959282170     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2011.576876     Document Type: Article

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