Concerned that new exam results won’t be published

Your recent front page report on the state of Irish education in respect of international performance made very interesting comparisons.

I was especially struck with the measure of dissatisfaction on the part of Irish parents regarding teacher-provided information on their children’s academic progress.

As recently as last week I attended a National Parents Council meeting for primary school parents on the subject of Mr Quinn’s New Framework for Junior Cycle, where I learned that from 2014, second year secondary students are to take standardised tests in English Reading and Mathematics and in 2016, these will be extended to Science.