Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
This review was undertaken as part of a research project commissioned by the Scottish Executive and carried out by a team from Glasgow and Newcastle Universities between January 2000 and January 2001 when the report was published (). The research study, entitled ‘Raising the Attainment of Pupils with Special Educational Needs’, followed the issuing of new guidelines (; ) which linked the use of individualised educational programmes (IEPs) to the wider political enterprise of raising standards through target‐setting.
Millward et al. (2002) studied this question.