Pupils' achievements, the quality of teaching and leadership and management were also described as inadequate.

BBC: Shrewsbury primary school in special measures

Reformers cannot constantly wave this idea around as though they are the only ones who care about teacher quality, and then plug their ears whenever critics point out that tests are a very crude, very imprecise measure of student achievements and teacher quality.

FORBES: The False Choices of Education Reform

Over the past 25 years, the World Food Prize has grown to become the foremost international award for individuals who have made exceptional breakthrough achievements in increasing the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world, thus reducing hunger.

WHITEHOUSE: A Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture

Despite these notable achievements, the international community is still not on track to deliver on the promise of quality basic education for all by 2015.

UNESCO: CULTURE