A-Levels Are Getting Easier Admits Brown's New Maths Adviser

Daily MailJuly 16, 2007

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THE respected academic appointed to overhaul maths teaching in schools has admitted A-levels are getting easier.

Sir Peter Williams, chosen by Gordon Brown last week to advise on reforming lessons, said standards had been slipping for years.

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A-Levels Are Getting Easier Admits Brown's New Maths Adviser

His remarks are an embarrassment to education ministers who have derided what they called the 'standards are falling lobby' as driven by 'emotion and prejudice'.

Sir Peter said: 'Over 20 or 30 years, I don't think there is any doubt whatsoever that abs...

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