School board improvement plans in relation to the AIP model of educational accountability: A content analysis

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 839-854

  Van Barneveld, Christina ^a   Stienstra, Wendy ^a   Stewart, Sandra ^a  

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Author keywords

Educational planning; Large scale testing; Student achievement; Student assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847334361     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20054198     Document Type: Article

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