Relationship between Efficient Resource Management and School Effectiveness: Evidence from OFSTED Secondary School Inspections

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-122

  Levačić, Rosalind ^a   Glover, Derek ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002989496     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345980090105     Document Type: Article

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