Do inspections improve primary school performance?

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-237

  Luginbuhl, Rob ^a   Webbink, Dinand ^a   de Wolf, Inge ^b  

^a CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b Inspectorate of Education   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Natural experiment; School improvement; School inspection

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349094583     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373709338315     Document Type: Article

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