Understanding Differences in Academic Effectiveness: Practitioners' Views

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 286-309

  Sammons, Pam ^a,b   Thomas, Sally ^a   Mortimore, Peter ^a   Walker, Adrian ^a   Cairns, Rosemary ^a   Bausor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012895897     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345980090302     Document Type: Review

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