Graham Ruddock and Marian Sainsbury with Tandi Clausen May, Hanna Vappula, Keith Mason, Eira Wyn Patterson, Katie Pyle, Anne Kispal, Rifat Siddiqui, Sarah McNaughton and Felicity Rees The objectives of the study were to establish how the England curriculum for key stage 2 mathematics, science and literacy compared with those of countries showing a high level of performance in international comparative surveys of performance. In particular attention was paid