Standards and school inspection: The rhetoric and the reality

An Inspector Calls Ofsted and its Effect on School Standards

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 135-147

  Thomas, Gerran ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071134605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203761236-15     Document Type: Chapter

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