Globalisation and the politics of international tests: The case of Israel

Comparative Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-335

  Feniger, Yariv ^a   Livneh, Idit ^b   Yogev, Abraham ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATION REFORM; GLOBALIZATION; STUDENT;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84865105757     PISSN: 03050068     EISSN: 13600486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.622539     Document Type: Article

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