Patricia Broadfoot is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, and former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been awarded a CBE. Marilyn Osborn is Professor in Education at the University of Bristol, UK, where she is Director of Hong Kong EdD. Claire Planel teaches at the University of Bristol, UK.

"Interesting reading. Educationalists will enjoy analysing the results, reading the many tables and charts, and answering the tests which appear in the Appendices." -School Librarian Journal, Spring 2001

• Why compare? - the fashion for international comparisons; the QUEST project - its rationale and approach; primary schooling in England and France; pupils as learners in England and France; pupils as citizens in England and France; classroom processes and pupil outcomes in English and French primary schools; ntional differences in performance in language; national differences and strategies in mathematics; whast makes a difference - social disadvantage, gender and national context?; overview - why quest?

Patricia Broadfoot is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, and former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been awarded a CBE. Marilyn Osborn is Professor in Education at the University of Bristol, UK, where she is Director of Hong Kong EdD. Claire Planel teaches at the University of Bristol, UK.

"Interesting reading. Educationalists will enjoy analysing the results, reading the many tables and charts, and answering the tests which appear in the Appendices." -School Librarian Journal, Spring 2001

• Why compare? - the fashion for international comparisons; the QUEST project - its rationale and approach; primary schooling in England and France; pupils as learners in England and France; pupils as citizens in England and France; classroom processes and pupil outcomes in English and French primary schools; ntional differences in performance in language; national differences and strategies in mathematics; whast makes a difference - social disadvantage, gender and national context?; overview - why quest?