School self-evaluation and school improvement: A critique of values and procedures

Studies in Educational Evaluation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-36

  Kyriakides, Leonidas ^a   Campbell, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442588860     PISSN: 0191491X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-491X(04)90002-8     Document Type: Article

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