Managing in the middle: School leaders and the enactment of accountability policy

Educational Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 731-762

  Spillane, James P ^a   Diamond, John B ^a   Burch, Patricia ^a   Hallett, Tim ^a   Jita, Loyiso ^a   Zoltners, Jennifer ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036852619     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089590402237311     Document Type: Article

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