If not through conditionality of membership prospects, the EU should be involved at least in a number of politically -
related and politically - neutral questions, from
education reform to public control for tender procedures and anti-corruption
measures with detailed benchmarks.
In October, a Department for
Education research report into teacher - performance pay
reforms found that, in 98 per cent of schools, all pay progression is
related to performance and that 69 per cent of schools use pupils» test attainment to
measure a teacher's performance against «the expected national level».