A partisan evaluation-John Elliott on school effectiveness

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-136

  Sammons, Pam ^a   Reynolds, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015038430     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305764970270110     Document Type: Article

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