The reliability of trends over time in international education test scores: Is the performance of England's secondary school pupils really in relative decline?

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 259-279

  Jerrim, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874504960     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279412000827     Document Type: Article

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