Defining school effectiveness in the reform for quality-oriented education

International Perspectives on Education and Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-185

  Cravens, Xiu Chen ^a   Chu, Hongqi ^b   Zhao, Qian ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Educational administration; School evaluation; School quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860277538     PISSN: 14793679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3679(2011)0000015010     Document Type: Review

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