Quality assurance, the educational standards debate, and the commodification of educational research

Curriculum Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-83

  Elliott, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Performativity; Quality assurance; School effectiveness research; School improvement research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039832049     PISSN: 09585176     EISSN: 14693704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585176.1997.11070762     Document Type: Article

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