15 year-old children at the bottom of the class are so far behind they are performing “as if they were 10 years old”, a report handed to MSPs has claimed. The paper, written by local government experts, concluded that Scotland has the highest gap between top and bottom in schools of anywhere in western Europe.
It confirms previous studies by international bodies which have also claimed that low achievers from poor families are “slipping through the net” in the classroom.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/brightest_pupils_5_years_ahead_of_poorest_1_2064261
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