The Relationship Between Student Attainment and School Resources

Springer International Handbooks of Education

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 395-410

  Levačić, Rosalind ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Class Size; Free School Meal; Local Education Authority; National Child Development Study; Special Educational Need

Indexed keywords

EID: 85178905898     PISSN: 21971951     EISSN: 2197196X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5747-2_22     Document Type: Chapter

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