Schools which are named, shamed and blamed by the media: School accountability in Norway

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-189

  Elstad, Eyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accountability; Media; Norway; School accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649784602     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-009-9076-0     Document Type: Article

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