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Publication Date: 1983-Feb
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The Underachievement of Cross-National Studies of Achievement.
Theisen, Gary L.; And Others
Comparative Education Review, v27 n1 p46-68 Feb 1983
There are a number of more meaningful ways of examining differences in achievement scores than by making comparisons, however complex, simply on the basis of national boundaries. Past methodological schemes may have been analytically convenient, but the results are hardly clear or convincing. (BRR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Correlation, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Environment, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Instructional Systems, Regional Characteristics, Research Problems
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