Cambridge may bring back entry tests

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Cambridge University is considering re-introducing a universal entry test to be able to spot the brightest students amid a rise in those obtaining top A-level grades.
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The Russell Group university would include a language aptitude test and a thinking-skills assessment as part of the university-wide exam. It would also include multiple choice questions and a 45-minute essay, the Sunday Times reported.
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Barbara Sahakian, professor of experimental psychiatry, told the Sunday Times: “What people are concerned about is whether the A-level exam results still mean quite the same thing as they used to mean. There are a lot of students getting very high grades but not all of them would have got those grades in the past, so it is hard to discriminate between candidates.”
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英國《獨立報》報道，重設統一入學試是因為在高考中考得A或A*的人愈來愈多，大學覺得難以區分出最出眾和最聰明的學生。劍橋大學仍未決定入學試的模式，初步會設有限時作文、思考技巧的評估及語言能力測驗等，考試成績會決定那些人能獲得面試機會。
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