Achievement, learning, and seasonal impact as measures of school effectiveness: It's better to be valid than reliable

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-213

  Von Hippel, Paul T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Learning gain; Learning growth; School effectiveness; Seasonal impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749137208     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450902883888     Document Type: Article

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