The Global Search for Education: UK on Testing

Posted By C. M. Rubin on Jan 7, 2013

“The English Baccalaureate has the merits of strengthening the general academic education of lower achieving students and removing useless, mostly quasi-vocational subjects.” — Michael Young   “It is time for the race to the bottom to end.  We believe it is time to tackle grade inflation and dumbing down.” — Michael Gove In the fall of 2012, the British Education Secretary, Michael Gove,...