A weekly look behind the scenes at the world of education with Linda Alexander and Martin Young
Mr Baker 's new Education Bill plans to bring in a national curriculum which would include a unified system of assessment and testing. The intention is to provide better information for parents, pupils, teachers, schools and employers. But critics doubt that some of these tests can achieve all that is planned. In particular, will they raise or lower educational standards? Producer IAN WOOLF
Editor PETER RIDING (e)