School Principals as Standards-Based Educational Leaders: Looking across Policy Contexts

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-404

  Marsh, David D ^a   Lefever, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; authority; leadership; school reform; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734399     PISSN: 17411432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741143204046494     Document Type: Article

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