Goodhart's law and performance indicators in higher education

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 120-128

  Elton, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; Goodhart's law; higher education; performance indicators; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955564556     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790408668312     Document Type: Article

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