'School effectiveness': The problem of reductionism

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-244

  Wrigley, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442598114     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192042000195272     Document Type: Review

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