Public school performance indicators: Problems and recommendations

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-214

  Visscher, Adrie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035638452     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(01)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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