The Independent - London, August 22nd, 1999
THIS YEAR'S A-level results had the traditionalists wagging their wise old heads again. Overall pass rates were up, so overall standards must be down, they said. Well, they have been saying that for some years now. But they could be right in a way, because it seems that more candidates this year went for the "easier" subjects where there might be less chance of their shortcomings (say, in spelling and grammar) being noticed. Why shouldn't they?, asked David Hart on behalf of the National Association of Head Teachers: if schools wanted to do well in the league tables, encouraging their pupils ...
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