BBC News: ‘No evidence’ exam targets work.
October 1st, 2008 by Peter
BBC News 26th September 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7638091.stm
Gordon Brown repeated his threat to replace school leaders or close schools. There is “no quantified evidence” about whether threatening to close schools affects their pupils’ performance, the National Audit Office says.
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