Improving School Effectiveness: Retrospective and Prospective

Springer International Handbooks of Education

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 57-74

  MacBeath, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Case Study School; Critical Friend; Free School Meal; Individual Pupil; School Effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011621233     PISSN: 21971951     EISSN: 2197196X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5747-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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