Economic viewpoints in educational effectiveness: Cost-effectiveness analysis of an educational improvement project

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-384

  Creemers, Bert ^b   Van Der Werf, Greetje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039257575     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0924-3453(200009)11:3;1-G;FT361     Document Type: Article

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