The high reliability schools project: Some preliminary results and analyses

Improving Schools and Educational Systems: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 56-76

  Reynolds, David ^a   Stringfield, Sam ^b   Schaffer, Eugene C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203012499     Document Type: Chapter

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