Journal article
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