The influence of educational segregation on educational achievement

Quality and Inequality of Education: Cross-National Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 13-40

  Robert, Peter ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Educational achievement; Effect of social origin; School effectiveness; School segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892076835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3993-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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