Value for Money as a School Improvement Strategy: Evidence from the New Inspection System in EnglandFootnote∗

∗Correspondence: Rosalind Levacic, Centre for Educational Policy and Management, School of Education, Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, United Kingdom. Tel.: (01908) 653661 or 653703. Fax: (01908) 654111. E‐mail: [email protected].

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