Testing times : : a history of vocational, civil service and secondary examinations in England since 1850 / / Richard Willis.
This book focuses on the delivery of public examinations offered by the main examining boards in England since Victorian England. The investigation reveals that the provision of examinations was as controversial in the nineteenth century as it is today, particularly since the government is now deter...
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