Is consistency a necessary characteristic for effective schools?

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-452

  Jamieson, Ian ^b   Wikeley, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039842127     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/sesi.11.4.435.3564     Document Type: Article

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