The evolution of educational accountability in the old dominion

Educational Leadership in an Age of Accountability: The Virginia Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 36-68

  Duke, Daniel L ^a   Reck, Brianne L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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