Assessment and age 16+ education participation

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-123

  Gibbonsa, Stephen ^a   Chevalierb, Amaud ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Education; Statistical discrimination; Stereotyping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995730295     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520802048638     Document Type: Article

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