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ERIC Number: EJ586953
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
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Predictors of Achievement in Basic Skills: A Canadian Effective Schools Study.
Lytton, Hugh; Pyryt, Michael
Canadian Journal of Education, v23 n3 p281-301 1998
Studied factors accounting for elementary school achievement. Analysis of achievement test results in language arts and mathematics in Calgary (Alberta, Canada) shows that social class variables explain up to 45% of the variation, with student-body characteristics explaining 6% to 11% and school-based variables explaining a further 3% to 6%. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Prediction, School Effectiveness, Social Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; Canada (Calgary)
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