Understanding schools’ use of ‘value added’ data: The psychology and sociology of numbers

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-258

  Saunders, Lesley ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

School departmental culture; School departmental improvement; Value added data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038299305     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520050128740     Document Type: Article

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