Chapter 2 Accountability and teaching practices: School-level actions and teacher responses

Research in the Sociology of Education

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages 31-66

  Hamilton, Laura S ^a   Stecher, Brian M ^a   Russell, Jennifer Lin ^a   Marsh, Julie A ^a   Miles, Jeremy ^a  

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EID: 45949104805     PISSN: 14793539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3539(08)16002-5     Document Type: Review

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