Accountability and evaluation: Decision-making structures and the utilization of evaluation in finland

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Laukkanen, Reijo ^a  

^a National Board of Education   (Finland)

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EID: 1942511589     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0031383980420202     Document Type: Article

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