Here too there is no argument, Apple was near bankrupt when he took it over and he was willing to do whatever it took to save the company even borrowing money from Bill Gates which had to be incredibly difficult. (Interesting thing is if you look back at the quotes from Bill Gates of Steve Jobs they are generally very positive).

FORBES: Measuring The Life Of Steve Jobs

The department also quotes research from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States which has argued that good teaching is vital to pupil achievement - and as such it is important to be able to measure what represents effective teaching.

BBC: Teachers' performance pay on pupil progress