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Direct linkGallagher, Eamonn; Bones, Robert; Lambe, Jackie – Irish Educational Studies, 2006
The Department of Education in the United Kingdom established ambitious targets for achievement in the three core areas of English, maths and science measured by national curriculum testing. Annual results of the assessment for 2005 indicate that the government is some way off achieving these targets, currently 85%, for the academic years…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Underachievement, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
