Are ever-rising A-level results evidence of better teaching and harder-working pupils, as Labour education secretaries claim each August? Or are they proof of spoon-feeding syllabuses and easier exams, as the opposition Conservatives say? This year's results, published on August 20th, provided another chance for those on both sides to "agree or disagree". The pass rate rose for the 27th year running, and is now 97.5%, up from 68.2% in 1982.
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