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ERIC Number: EJ612215
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Four Errors . . . and a Conspiracy? The Effectiveness of Schools in Wales.
Gorard, Stephen
Oxford Review of Education, v24 n4 p459-72 Dec 1998
Addresses the Welsh school-effect in which schools in Wales generally have lower school outcome measures compared to England although the growing number of Welsh medium schools in South Wales are doing better. Suggests an alternative way of analyzing school performance data that leads to the opposite conclusion on both propositions. (CMK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Analysis, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Raw Scores, School Effectiveness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Wales