§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 7 July,Official Report, c. 137, if he will obtain for his departmental library copies of the research on the impact of class size in educational attainment in Tennessee in the United States of America, details of which have been given to him; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Robin SquireI have arranged for a copy of the report on the STAR project to be made available in the DFE information bureau and library. I have noted the findings of this research but conclude that it adds little to an understanding of the effects of class size on educational attainment in schools in England.