Success of junior cycle reform will need to be assessed

Behind the issue of who examines students, junior cycle reforms could revolutionise teaching and learning, writes Education Correspondent Niall Murray.            

DESPITE all the industrial relations difficulties of the last three years over assessment of students in schools, the question of measuring outcomes is just one aspect of the bigger picture of junior cycle reforms.

It remains to be seen how 27,000 members of two teacher unions will vote on whether or not to implement the plans, but they will have a clear picture of what is involved.