Why are some schools more effective than other schools in achieving high levels of indi vidual student satisfaction and productivity? Why do some schools have environ ments that are perceived to be more positive than those in other schools ? Researchers who have stud ied "effective schools" and "school climate" have sug gested the outlines of a com prehensive theory of school effectiveness.
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