Exam boards produced "very precise" guidelines setting out what pupils must do for each level in the marking scheme.
Even more worrying, consumer expectations dropped to 47 from 49.4, once again marking its lowest level since May 1980.
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The four-week moving average decreased by 12, 750 to 388, 500, marking the lowest level of jobless claims since the spring of 2008.
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The participation rate, a measure of health in the labor market, slid again to 63.3%, marking the lowest level since 1979.
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The National Association of Realtors is reporting a better-than-expected home sales report, with a 7.8 increase in sales in August to a annual rate of 4.82 million units, marking the highest level since May 2010.
Now, both stations have unassuming yellow stickers marking the 44-inch level at the turnstiles.
A-level standards that culminated in last summer's marking scandal and to the current agonising over the funding of universities, whose academic standards are falling apart under the pressure to teach increasing numbers of students with little more money.
But these latest figures from the exam regulator Ofqual show a wider surge in challenges to marking, across both GCSE and A-level.
Thursday's jobless figure also means that the number of unemployed workers receiving unemployment benefits jumped to an all-time high, just below 5.0 million, marking the fourth straight week those receiving benefits have been at a record level.
Despite a lingering economic downturn in much of Europe and North America, CO2 levels climbed to 394.97 parts per million (PPM) last week, marking an increase of nearly 1.6 ppm compared to last year and the highest level on record.
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