That The Governor was able to so easily find Andrea first in the field and then later in the exact building she was hiding in failed to pass the sniff test.

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She said that comparing test results with countries such as Finland failed to recognise the underlying differences in their education systems.

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The check "is going to mean a lot of schools teaching to the test" and could leave some youngsters feeling they had failed, she added.

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