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Teaching Mathematics and its Applications 1997 16(4):157-159; doi:10.1093/teamat/16.4.157
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A-Level Mathematics Examinations as a Fair Assessment of the Needs of Students Post-GCSE Intermediate and Higher Tiers

SUE CHANDLER

Sue Chandler, together with Linda Bostock, is the author of the well known "Bostock and Chandler" books for Alevel mathematics and is an experienced textbook writer for GCSE. She was a member of the Mathematics Committee of the Schools Examinations and Assessment Council (SEAC) and is a Mathematics consultant for the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA), now the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) She has 20 years' teaching experience in schools and further education. Titles published number over 30 and include Core Mathematics and The Core Course for A-Level

Address for correspondence: 11 Rotherwick Road, London NW11 7DG, UK
Mathematics provision post GCSE for those going on to university needs to prepare students for degrees with a high mathematics content and degrees with less mathematical content. A-level Mathematics does not discriminate between candidates with flair and the very competent and it is not possible to do this in a single examination. There is also too great a variation between boards in the meaning of a particular grade. A-level Mathematics should be replaced by two examinations, one whose style of assessment tests competence and another that tests flair.


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