economics, psychology, policy

Another sad reflection on declining standards, this time from an anonymous student.

Ireland's recent low place in the international "league tables" produced by PISA, especially for maths, has got a lot of atten...

The recent results from the PISA surveys have got a lot of attention. In somewhat apocalyptic terms, the Irish Times referred to “ 2010:...

The latest results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) are out and Ireland does not do too well. Sean Flynn has a f...

Further to my recent post, I show a somewhat detailed analysis above. The dependent variable is the students reading score which is an arbit...

Given the major pressures on the public finances and hence on public spending on education, the question of class-size is likely to rear its...