Choosing Criteria to Judge Program Success: A Values Inquiry

Evaluation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-204

  Henry, Gary T ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

criteria for success; preschool evaluation; stakeholder analysis; surveys; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038790074     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358902002008002513     Document Type: Article

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