Acknowledgements

This report was prepared by a working party made up as follows:

A. G. Howson (Chairman), University of Southampton.
A. D. Barnard, King's College, London, representing LMS.
D. G. Crighton, University of Cambridge, representing LMS.
N. Davies, Nottingham Trent University, representing RSS.
A. D. Gardiner, University of Birmingham, representing LMS.
J. M. Jagger, Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds, representing LMS.
D. Morris, The Leys School, Cambridge, representing IMA.
J. C. Robson, University of Leeds, representing LMS.
N. C. Steele, Coventry University, representing IMA.

The working party is grateful to the following individuals and organisations for their help in providing data:

Paul Attali
Keith Hirst
Colette Laborde
DFEE
Research and Statistics Group of the Associated Examining Group
UKMF

It also thanks the Royal Society for providing the Working Group with facilities for its meetings.