Value for Money as a School Improvement Strategy: Evidence from the New Inspection System in England

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-253

  Levačić, Rosalind ^a   Glover, Derek ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0542437910     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345970080204     Document Type: Article

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