Girls do better when there is continuous assessment. Boys do better when there are end-of-course exams. The British system used to have end-of-course exxms (which i was good at). Now it has continuous assessment (which girls are good at). Of course continuous assessment encourages continuous cheating. No, I am not suggesting that girls cheat more than boys. Almost certainly the opposite is te case. But it is probable, because of this large-scale cheating, that the British system ill go back to end-of-course exams. And then, presto, the boys will do better. You wait and see. Incidentally I did cheat (a little) in my end-of-course exams. I wrote quotations from Edmund Spenser on my wrist. How else would I ever remember this most forgettable of poets?
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