60,000 educators who are members of the ASTI, INTO and TUI will be balloted on industrial action this week in response to threats to their pay.

The only result of testing children is “to permit one parent to tell another how much better her child is doing”, according to a prominent educationalist.

The Annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) takes place in TCD, 11-12 Nov.