On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:01:43 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 16:24:48 +0100, "IMM" wrote:

"Owain" wrote in message
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"raden" wrote

| Kids haven't suddenly got brainier, there's a political drive to
| show that the education system is working

s/ ^^ / hide the fact that the education system isn't working

Any proof of this, or is this just inane ramblings?



Take a look at GCSE and A level exam papers and compare with those of
a generation ago. The fall in standards is depressingly obvious.


We noted this when I was doing A levels nearly 30 years ago, that papers were
getting bit easier. Although that might also have been due to some slight
syllabus changes.

We also noted that there was a small but detectable differences between
exam boards (JMB hardest and NU easiest IIRC).


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