Linking school effectiveness and school improvement: The background and outline of the project

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-371

  Creemers, Bert P M ^a   Reezigt, Gerry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Inspectorate of Education   (Netherlands)

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EID: 29244444582     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450500234484     Document Type: Article

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