A League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations
Innocenti Research Centre, UNICEFNovember 2002
Innocenti Research Centre, UNICEFNovember 2002
J. Martin RochesterNovember 2002
Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster, Center for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan InstituteDecember 2002
Brian Rowan, Richard Correnti, and Robert J. Miller, Consortium for Policy Research in EducationNovember 2002
edited by Marc S. Tucker and Judy B. Codding2002
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