Perceptions of the impact of accountability on the role of principals

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-16

  Lyons, James E ^a,b   Algozzine, Bob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b Department of Educational Leadership ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Leadership roles and responsibilities; Principals; Reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745307133     PISSN: 10682341     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v14n16.2006     Document Type: Article

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