Sir, – So our Minister for Education is happy for teachers to get involved in student assessment because such methods show "satisfactory results" in other countries (Breaking News, October 29th). Ruairí Quinn obviously has never been involved in any form of assessment, or else he would realise that "satisfactory" comes after Excellent and Very Good, with Poor following Satisfactory. I thought he was aiming for an "excellent" education system, not a satisfactory one! – Yours, etc,
DAMIENNE LETMON,
Shelton Gardens,
Dublin 12.