Knowledge gaps among school staff and the role of high quality ecological assessments in schools

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-500

  Bowen, Natasha K ^a   Powers, Joelle D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Elementary school; Evidence based practice; School success; School based practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844556827     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731505275553     Document Type: Article

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