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Article: Clampdown on exam crib sheets
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 12, 1996
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Government advisers are considering new curbs on the use of
exam crib sheets and calculators.
From as early as 1998, A-level and GCSE candidates could find
themselves unable to take lists of useful formulae into maths
exams.
The same restrictions could apply to copies of set texts in
English exams, dictionaries in foreign languages and atlases in
geography.
The moves come amid widespread concern over standards in A-level
and GCSE exams.
Education traditionalists believe that the continually rising
pass rates - with more than 85 per cent of sixth-formers successful
this summer - means that the exams are getting too easy.
Education Secretary Gillian Shephard last year approved an
inquiry into ...