School effectiveness research: Criticisms and recommendations

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-438

  Coe, Robert ^a   Fitz Gibbon, Carol Taylor ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032285663     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498980240401     Document Type: Article

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