www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24433320
The Emperor has no clothes - official.
Despite the staggering improvements in grades achieved, England's young people "have scored among the lowest results in the industrialised world in international literacy and numeracy tests."
And "Unlike other developed countries, the study also showed that young people in England are no better at these tests than older people, in the 55 to 65 age range."
Is there anybody who didn't know this, apart from the people supposedly measuring it, who were just marking their own homework?
Contrast
'shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt defended Labour's record.
"Labour drove up standards in maths and English across our schools, evident in the huge improvements we saw in GCSE results between 1997 and 2010."'
with
"This landmark study from the OECD set out to measure the level of skills within the adult population - testing actual ability in literacy, numeracy and digital skills, rather than looking at qualifications."
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