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New Science GCSE Papers Rejected

Posted June 16, 2010 10:31 AM

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:

Examinations boards have been ordered to redraft new science GCSE papers because they are not rigorous enough. The exams watchdog, Ofqual, said the new papers - designed to address concerns that science exams had become too easy - had "not gone far enough". Last year Ofqual said science GCSEs taken in 2007 and 2008 had contained too many multiple choice papers and had failed to challenge the brightest.

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06/16/2010 11:52 PM

It is all but impossible to evaluate this informationless article. Why didn't they give some samples of old/new questions/topics so that the reader might be able to see if the paper were suitably rigorous or not?

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