A Bridge Too Far? Challenges in Evaluating Principal Effectiveness

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 466-499

  Fuller, Edward J ^a   Hollingworth, Liz ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; education policy; principal accountability; principal effectiveness; principal evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903377211     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X13506595     Document Type: Article

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