No contest of equals

18th April 2003, 1:00am

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No contest of equals

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In England, only half the schools originally approached to take part agreed. One researcher said: “It is not surprising our top pupils do better when compared to other countries which have included their bottom-scoring pupils.”

In Scotland, 150 schools were approached and 113 agreed to take part. A further five were added.

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