What does it take to become a high-performing special education planning district?: A study of Indiana's special education delivery service system

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 320-329

  Edmonds, Ben C ^a   Spradlin, Terry ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; belongingness; ownership; teacher self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956638251     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932508327451     Document Type: Article

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