The relationships between school inspections, school characteristics and school improvement

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-227

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

School effectiveness; School improvements; School inspections

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849084847     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2008.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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