This is a bit of a hobby horse for me: BBC article.
Though to say that Maths has held its standards is hard to imagine. Looking at the bigger picture, when I did my Maths GCSE in 1990 I looked at my father's O-Level paper he did in the 1960s and it looked orders of magnitude more difficult.
Just ask University accadenics who teach 1st year engineering students what they feel about the standards of GCSE and A-levels.
Though to say that Maths has held its standards is hard to imagine. Looking at the bigger picture, when I did my Maths GCSE in 1990 I looked at my father's O-Level paper he did in the 1960s and it looked orders of magnitude more difficult.
Just ask University accadenics who teach 1st year engineering students what they feel about the standards of GCSE and A-levels.