Consistently improving results by practically every objective measure.
Admittedly, everybody went stark staring bonkers for a couple of years in the 1980s ... whether you want to blame that on PEECEE GONE MAD! or on Kenneth Baker's obsession with reform for the sake of reform is up to you.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 16:09, 2 replies)

Plenty of research suggests otherwise.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11929277
www.renlearn.co.uk/about-us/230-literacy-in-the-uk-are-children-being-allowed-to-fail
www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6064835
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 16:44, closed)

Oh dear.
From the first link: "The results for the UK's teenagers have not declined significantly across these years, says the OECD - it is more the case that they have failed to keep up with the improvements of pupils in other countries."

The second link is research about children's reading preferences and even with the Torygraph gloomspin has nothing to say about the quality of their education.

The third link is the same story as the first link.

I suppose you have provided one piece of evidence of a declining standard of education by being shit at basic internet research. But since we don't know when you were educated or how thick you are, we can't really draw any firm conclusions from that.

Research != banging obvious phrases into google and then pasting the results without reading them
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 16:56, closed)

Er...you said 'Consistently improving results by practically every objective measure'. So that doesn't include being measured against other countries then? I would have thought that would be a very important measure myself.

As for "The results for the UK's teenagers have not declined significantly across these years, says the OECD - it is more the case that they have failed to keep up with the improvements of pupils in other countries." - this doesn't exactly tell a story of 'Consistently improving results by practically every objective measure' does it? Perhaps the next para will help you "The UK's performance is about average," says the OECD's Michael Davidson. "The question is whether the UK thinks that 'average' is good enough?"

As I said, loads more research out there. Take a look for yourself.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 17:28, closed)

I'd love to continue this discussion
but you appear to be a cock.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 17:55, closed)

Works for me.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 17:59, closed)

Aye
We have little geniuses who don't know the difference between 'of' and 'have', who can't work out (unless they have a calculator) that if they spend £3.45 out of a fiver, they'll have £1.55 left, who write 'are' instead of 'our', 'more bigger', 'most biggest', 'most best', don't know where France (or even Wales) is.

Teach them just what they need to know to pass their exams and fuck anything else, we have to get the school's ratings up...

Standards have gone through the roof. Sorry, did I say roof? I meant floor.
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 20:51, closed)

At least they can type "daily mail" without somehow hitting the keys 'b' '3' 't' and 'a'.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 22 Mar 2011, 22:07, closed)

Don't waste your time, these state-school plebs believe everything they read in the tabloids.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 0:31, closed)

dilymil?

(Spill, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 9:26, closed)

tee hee

( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 9:46, closed)

Oh you awful shit.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 9:48, closed)