School Effectiveness
- ISBN-10
- 9026515499
- ISBN-13
- 9789026515491
- Series
- School Effectiveness
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Author
- Pamela Sammons
Description
This volume explores the influence of students' background on educational outcomes, ways of contextualising school performance, and current issues and developments in school effectiveness research. Also investigated is how the research contributes to understanding of school and classroom processes.
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- 2008-08
- 260 pages
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- 2007-11-12
- 144 pages
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