Grade inflation worse than O'Keeffe stated [tribune.ie]
- Published: 08 March 2010
The full findings of a Department of Education inquiry into grade inflation are expected to show far greater levels of increases in individual grades at second and third level than the figures referred to by education minister Batt O'Keeffe in the Dáil last week, the Sunday Tribune understands.
Amid claims by both Fine Gael and members of an influential lobby group that O'Keeffe's presentation of the results to the Dáil was little more than a "whitewash", his spokeswoman has confirmed that he had yet to read the full findings of the inquiry, which was submitted to him earlier last week.
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