Educational systems efficiency in European Union countries

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 108-122

  Giambona, Francesca ^a   Vassallo, Erasmo ^a   Vassiliadis, Elli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Educational achievement; Efficiency analysis; PISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054025191     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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