Historical, comparative and statistical perspectives of school effectiveness research: Rethinking educational evaluation in Greece

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 155-169

  Verdis, Athanasios ^a   Kriemadis, Thanos ^b   Pashiardis, Petros ^c  

^a Department of Mathematics   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Educational administration; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Greece; Research methods; School reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349094335     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540310474383     Document Type: Article

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