Decomposing achievement gaps among OECD countries

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-474

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Lee, Kristen A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Decomposition; International comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961168346     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-011-9151-3     Document Type: Article

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