
Author: Steve Strand
Year: 2008
Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families
The mean score in the KS3 national tests in English, mathematics and science for Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean and Black African groups were all substantially below the mean for White British pupils, and to roughly the same extent, by the equivalent of over a whole year of progress in terms of National Curriculum levels.
Web link: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RB029.
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