Reliability and validity in measuring the value added of schools

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-285

  Van De Grift, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Reliability; Validity; Value added models

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749122095     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450902883946     Document Type: Article

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