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System-Level Evaluation: Language and Other Background Factors Affecting Mathematics Achievement

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Howie, S. System-Level Evaluation: Language and Other Background Factors Affecting Mathematics Achievement. Prospects 35, 175–186 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-005-1820-8

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