CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

EDUCATION – TEACHING METHODS & STANDARDS - 08 July 1999

EDUCATION – TEACHING METHODS & STANDARDS - 08 July 1999

Dr Julian Lewis: Is it not perfectly obvious that one way in which to assess the efficiency and effect of the literacy hour, and to drive up standards, would be to publish the results of tests held at age seven? Does the Secretary of State recall his feeble answer in yesterday's education debate when I put it to him that he had been hurt by criticism that too much bureaucracy was being placed on schools? Can he explain how it would add to the bureaucracy affecting schools if local education authorities and his Department ensured that those results were published?