Recent school effectiveness counter-critiques: Problems and possibilities

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 443-457

  Thrupp, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035536246     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920120071452     Document Type: Article

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