Diversity and progress in school accountability systems in Australia

Educational Research for Policy and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-186

  Gurr, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contractual accountability; Government schools; Monitoring; Moral accountability; Performance; Professional accountability; School reviews; Value added analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049036519     PISSN: 15702081     EISSN: 15731723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10671-007-9021-2     Document Type: Article

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