Principals' performance assessment: Empirical evidence from an Israeli case study

Educational Management Administration and Leadership

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-351

  Gaziel, Haim ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Education assessment usefulness; Education personnel assessment; Israel educational system; Principals' appraisal approaches; School inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849095676     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: 17411440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143208090593     Document Type: Article

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