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What do old 11-plus tests teach us?

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A book made of up of a collection of old 11-plus tests from the 1940s and 50s is being published. Dr Martin Stephen, high master of St Paul's School, and John Bangs, head of education at the NUT, discuss whether this book proves that exams are easier today.

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