HC Deb 01 April 1980 vol 982 c171W
46. Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what studies he has founded into academic progress in different forms of secondary education.

Dr. Boyson

My Department is currently funding two interrelated research projects in this area by the National Children's Bureau. The first of these analyses the educational progress of an age cohort according to type of school attended: the second analyses the performance in public examinations of the same age cohort.