Making educational accountability more democratic

American Journal of Evaluation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 532-543

  Ryan, Katherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Audit culture; Educational evaluation; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844481066     PISSN: 10982140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098214005281344     Document Type: Article

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