Inside the black box of school reform: Explaining the how and why of change at Getting Results schools

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-89

  McDougall, Dennis ^a   Saunders, William M ^b   Goldenberg, Claude ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Pearson Achievement Solutions ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Evaluation; Process; Reform; Schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947394021     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120601149755     Document Type: Article

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