Towards a theory on the impact of school inspections

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-72

  Ehren, M C M ^a   Visscher, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dutch Schools Inspectorate; Improvement plans; Innovation in schools; Ofsted; School inspections

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745058713     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2006.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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