Assessing the contribution of distributed leadership and growth in math achievement

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 659-689

  Heck, Ronald H ^a   Hallinger, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Institute of Education   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Collaborative leadership; Distributed leadership; Educational change; School improvement; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951489074     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209340042     Document Type: Article

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