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ERIC Number: EJ300612
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Selective and Non-Selective Schooling: Real or Mythical Comparisons.
Lacey, Colin
Oxford Review of Education, v10 n1 p75-84 1984
An examination of the technical and theoretical strengths and weaknesses of three British research studies on the effectiveness of selective and nonselective schooling shows that the reorganization of British schools has not produced the lowering of educational standards that politically motivated groups would like people to believe. (RM)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Problems, School Effectiveness, School Organization
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Comprehensive Schools (Great Britain); Great Britain