Monitoring School Effectiveness in Developing Countries

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-384

  Scheerens, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1842690797     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/sesi.12.4.359.3447     Document Type: Review

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