School improvement plans and student learning in Jamaica

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-66

  Lockheed, Marlaine ^a   Harris, Abigail ^b   Jayasundera, Tamara ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Community Reinvestment Coalition   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative education; Comprehensive school reform; Development; Educational policy; HLM; International education; Learning; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

EID: 70349435928     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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