School self-evaluation and student achievement

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-68

  Hofman, Roelande H ^a   Dijkstra, Nynke J ^b   Adriaan Hofman, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; School (self )evaluation; School improvement; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149156086     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243450802664115     Document Type: Review

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