Looking for a balance between internal and external evaluation of school quality: Evaluation of the SVI model

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-395

  Blok, Henk ^a   Sleegers, Peter ^a   Karsten, Sjoerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Quality care; School inspection; School reform; School self evaluation; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749140077     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680930801923773     Document Type: Review

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