Education chiefs question accuracy of data
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Comparisons between the Manx and UK education systems can lead to ‘narrow and potentially misleading’ figures, education chiefs here are suggesting.
A local researcher has carried out his own study which highlights successes and academic failings in Island schools.
However, local schools improvement adviser, Joel Smith, says such evaluations rarely explain the full picture:
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