Multilevel Modelling in School Effectiveness Research

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-34

  Hill, Peter W ^a   Rowe, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0003064396     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345960070101     Document Type: Article

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