Research Article
Accountability and School Performance: Implications from Restructuring Schools
Fred Newmann, M. Bruce King and Mark Rigdon
Harvard Educational Review January 1997, 67 (1) 41-75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.67.1.14141916116656q6
Fred Newmann
M. Bruce King

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