Reality Check Over Effects of Poverty On Our Students ; Wednesday Essay Professor David Egan Says Yesterday's Pisa Results Paint a Worrying Picture and the Response Must Be Profound

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THE results of the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) released yesterday could be seen as a defining moment for devolved education policy in Wales.

In 2005 the Assembly Government decided the time was right to internationally benchmark educational performance in Wales through our 15-year-olds sitting the standard assessment tests in literacy, mathematics and science set every three years by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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Reality Check Over Effects of Poverty On Our Students ; Wednesday Essay Professor David Egan Says Yesterday's Pisa Results Paint a Worrying Picture and the Response Must Be Profound

The tests were first taken in Wales in 2006 and the results reported in 2007 were seen to be disappointing. Nevertheless they represented a benchmark which could be used to measure hoped-for future progress resulting from the impact of a range of high profile education policies being introduce...

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