UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 04: GCSE students take an exam at Maidstone Grammar School, in Kent, U.K., on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Maths exam standards have declined significantly over the past 50 years, with generations of teenagers facing undemanding questions that do not test their independent reasoning abilities, a report by the centre-right thinktank Reform said yesterday. (Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
