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31st Jul Maths A Standards
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New maths A-level 'not of A-level standard'
Use of mathematics A-level will not prepare students for university and should be scrapped, say professors
Polly Curtis, education editor
guardian.co.uk, Friday 10 July 2009
Academics claim the algebra unit in the new maths A-level is easier than in the straight maths A-level. Photographer: Nayan Sthakiya/Corbis
Academics are today calling on the government to abandon plans to introduce a new maths A-level, labelling it "weak& ...
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31st Jul Hot Housing to get results
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Schools accused of 'hot housing' to get results
• Edexcel finds 67% rise in early GCSE entrants
• Heads blame pupil stress on government pressure
· Polly Curtis Education editor
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31st Jul History of A Level Marking
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How the history A-level has changed
Sixty years of papers show a swing to tickbox testing
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31st Jul Dumbing Down Disguised
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Dumbing down disguised
Did exam boards 'spin' A-level results in a way that concealed grade inflation?
· Tom Clark and Polly Curtis
· The Guardian, Tuesday 20 January 2009
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31st Jul Continual Assessment has Destroyed A Levels
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Continual assessment has destroyed A-levels
It comes as little surprise that today's undergraduates are ill-equipped for university – the A-level system has been stripped of all its virtues
Students need time to make mistakes and learn from them. Photograph: Hepp/Getty
A report published today by independent think tank Reform confirms what teachers have known for some time: A-levels do not prepare students for university.
When I taught my first sixth form class in 1997, A-level teachin ...
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