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Below is an example of the Department for Children, Schools and Families PSA objectives and targets.
Chart 8 shows progress against this target.

Objective I: Raise standards and tackle the attainment gap in schools.

Targets:

1. Raise standards in English and mathematics so that:
   
   
   • by 2006, 85% of 11 year olds achieve level 4 or above, with this level of performance sustained to
     2008; and
   
   
   • by 2008, the proportion of schools in which fewer than 65% of pupils achieve level 4 or above is
     reduced by 40%.
   
   
   
   

Figure 8 - Progress against education PSA

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Attainment of 11-year-ols: percentage of pupils achieving level 4 or above.

As Figure 8 demonstrates, 2005-06 results of National Curriculum Key Stage 2 tests show that 79 per
cent of 11-year-olds achieved level 4 or above in English and 76 per cent achieved level 4 or above in
mathematics.

New PSA targets have since been laid down in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review, including:

Raise the educational achievement of all children and young people:

• attainment of early years foundation stage;


• proportion achieving Level 4 in both English and Mathematics at Key Stage 2;


• proportion achieving Level 5 in both English and Mathematics at Key Stage 3;


• proportion achieving five A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) at Key Stage 4 including English and
  Mathematics;


• proportion of young people achieving Level 2 at age 19; and


• proportion of young people achieving Level 3 at age 19.