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In July Sir Peter Williams, who was recently appointed by the government to review primary mathematics teaching, said it was a "testable fact" that A-level maths and physics were getting easier.

七月，最近刚刚被任命去测评现在小学数学教学体系的彼得·威廉爵士声称，目前A类的数学和物理学课程已经“显而易见”地变得简单了。

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It's basically mathematics and I am not really good at maths.

这基本上是数学，我并不是真正的数学好。

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Dame Julia Higgins, who chairs the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education, said all students should study maths until the age of 18.

BBC: Universities 'dumbing down on maths' to fill places

Overall English pupils achieved scores in line with the international average for maths in the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), with the top 10% of pupils' results comparable with those from some high achieving East Asian countries.

BBC: Top maths pupils 'fail to keep up with world's best'

The Royal Society and Advisory Committee on Mathematics (Acme), which have both raised concerns about maths standards and made similar recommendations, welcomed the report.

BBC: Carol Vorderman says pupils should study maths to 18