Improving secondary students' academic achievement through a focus on reform reliability: 4- and 9-year findings from the High Reliability Schools project

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-428

  Stringfield, Sam ^a   Reynolds, David ^b   Schaffer, Eugene C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; School effectiveness; School improvement; Sustainability of improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049118062     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450802535190     Document Type: Review

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