Countering the critics: Responses to recent criticisms of school effectiveness research

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-82

  Teddlie, Charles ^a   Reynolds, David ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0007260718     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/sesi.12.1.41.3458     Document Type: Article

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