"We must ensure a real curriculum, not just a mechanism for assessment"

"We must ensure a real curriculum, not just a mechanism for assessment" - "Commenting on the Secretary of State's statement today on the National Curriculum review, and on the Expert Group's report, Chris Husbands, Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, said: "Around the world, successful curricula are those which have been taken out of the hurly burly of political argument and built on a powerful consensus between research, practice and policy. The Expert Group have drawn together an impressive range of educational research to support a thoughtful, nuanced and intelligent report."