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A Comparison of Examination Boards: A Levels.

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Tymms, P. B.; Fitz-Gibbon, C. T. – Oxford Review of Education, 1991

Compares grades awarded by 5 examination boards for 11 subjects at A levels. Uses data from the A Level Information System (ALIS) project for 1989. Finds discrepancies among boards not statistically significant. Fails to identify grading as consistently severe or lenient. (NL)

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