Recent government advice to schools about target setting is examined and compared with evidence-based understanding of the technique. Although the official advice is found to be largely unhelpful and ideological, some use of target setting to which all stakeholders contribute is recommended as a useful technique in the struggle to raise achievement in schools.
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