Measuring equity in educational effectiveness research: the properties and possibilities of quantitative indicators

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-136

  Kelly, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

educational effectiveness research; equity; measuring equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922254352     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2014.914486     Document Type: Article

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