If education examination rates are poor, its because of teachers failing to teach. If the examination scores are high, its because the students are not being pushed enough or the examinations have been dumbed down.
Now The Times is complaining that examination boards are moving the goal-posts because they are "raising the bar" to reduce the number of students receiving A-C grades. Even with "criterion-referencing" the examinarion question does not always get the level of answer you expected so we have "moderation" a mechanism for trying to ensure the students have achieved the level of output required and that all students have been treated equally.
It's not a perfect world but what can you suggest, other than complaining all the time.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article7043957.ece
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