The effects of accountability measures in English secondary schools: early and multiple entry to GCSE Mathematics assessments

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 629-645

  Taylor, Rachel Charlotte ^a  

^a Centre for Education Research and Policy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; Early entry; GCSE; Mathematics; multiple entry; performance tables

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978647042     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2016.1197829     Document Type: Article

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