"What gets measured gets done": Headteachers' responses to the English Secondary School performance management system

Policy Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-171

  Wilson, Deborah ^a   Croxson, Bronwyn ^b   Atkinson, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b New Zealand Treasury   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33646907191     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870600637995     Document Type: Article

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