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Those who worked with what was alive in an infinity of yesterdays complained that even though they had no good explanation of why punctuated-equilibrium theory worked, you couldn't argue with the evidence in the rocks, maths or no maths.
ECONOMIST: Stephen Jay Gould
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Former Countdown television presenter Carol Vorderman, who is leading a Conservative task force into the subject, told BBC News that there was "no question" maths exams are easier than when she was at school.
BBC: Maths 'no better than in 1970s'
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The latest test figures confirm that girls are ahead in reading, but there is no longer any difference in maths - with the girls having closed a lead held by the boys in the 1970s.
BBC: Handwriting