What Makes Schools Effective? A Comparison between School Communities in Australia and the USA

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-326

  Townsend, Tony ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 1542499865     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0924345970080302     Document Type: Review

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