[单项选择]Cillian Shephard is to announce a review of examination standards today as controversy surrounding university entrance procedures brings criticism over Britain’s educational performance.
The Education and Employment Secretary is worried that continuing uncertainty over a levels in particular will undermine the Government’s drive to meet ambitious targets for improvement. She postponed an announcement until this year’s candidates had received their results, but is now determined to clear the air.
Mrs. Shepard’s main advisers on schools have already asked her to sanction a 100,000 research project, comparing papers over the past 20 years. But she is expected to go further.
Reports of universities admitting A-level failures to foundation courses will be referred to officials carrying out a review of higher education. Further research will focus on school examinations.
Mrs. Shepard returned mm holiday last week to find critics chiming that a seventh successive rise in p
A. In Britain, the education quality is declining.
B. In Britain, there’s no reason to question standards on foundation courses.
C. In Britain, A-lever inquiry is to be ordered.
D. In Britain, people argue about the national educational performanc