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Do some schools narrow the gap? Differential school effectiveness by ethnicity, gender, poverty, and prior achievement

Steve Strand Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 289-314 | Received 01 Jul 2009, Accepted 26 Jan 2010, Published online: 23 Aug 2010

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