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Comparing boards in A level mathematics. Who is the fairest of them all?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Sally Taverner*
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU

Abstract

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Type
Matters for debate
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1996

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