A spokesman for the Department for Education said: "The CBI rightly recognises the importance of English and maths, calls for greater rigour in the curriculum and in exams, welcomes the academy programme, wants a new accountability system and backs greater freedom for teachers.
This study adds to evidence supporting the use of simulated patients in medical students' educational outcomes [ 11], and to calls for increased rigour in reporting research involving simulated patients [ 21].
The report is likely to call for greater rigour in the selection of speakers and stronger oversight of religious societies.
"We have always called for greater rigour by the ICO alongside a public inquiry, and for blacklisting to become a criminal offence punishable by prison and unlimited fines".
In a speech last week Twigg called for more rigour in ICT, saying: "For too many pupils, computer teaching can be little more than a glorified typing course".
The wide heterogeneity observed in the present review calls for greater methodological rigour while conducting these epidemiological studies.
Little empirical research that draws directly on the perspectives and experiences of those involved in GHD processes has been undertaken leading to strong calls for more descriptive, analytical, conceptual and practical rigour [ 5, 15- 17].
(See below The quest for rigour).
The review included assessing the validity of results and for rigour across the rationale, methodology, findings and limitations.
Fuzzy concepts, scanty evidence, policy distance: the case for rigour and policy relevance in critical regional studies.
There is a need for rigour when reviewing animal research.
