Preparing Principals to Improve Student Achievement

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 769-781

  Corcoran, Roisin P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Principals; Propensity score analysis; School leader; Schools; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEADERSHIP; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCIENTIST; SPRING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 85017663795     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-017-9399-9     Document Type: Article

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