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A test for geographers: the geography of educational achievement in Toronto and Hamilton, 1997

Abstract

The recent introduction of standardised achievement tests in several provinces has created an opportunity for Canadian geographers to contribute to public and theoretical debates. Geographers are well‐equipped to comprehend and analyse the effects that neighbourhoods have upon pupil achievement. Independent of family background and school funding, such effects may be stronger in education than in other fields, such as voting behaviour and …

Authors

HARRIS R; MERCIER M

Journal

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 210–227

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

September 2000

DOI

10.1111/j.1541-0064.2000.tb00705.x

ISSN

0008-3658