A Multi-Level Analysis of School Improvement: Changes in Schools’ Performance over Time

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 97-114

  Gray, John ^a   Hedger, Keith ^a   Jesson, David ^b   Goldstein, Harvey ^c   Rasbash, Jon ^c  

^a HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002545014     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345950060201     Document Type: Article

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