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The General Certificate of Education Advanced Level generally termed the GCE Advanced Level or more commonly the A-level, is an academic qualification offered by educational institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to students completing secondary or pre-university education.
The qualification is also offered in Scotland as an alternative school-leaving qualification, and, with varying content and style, throughout the Commonwealth and on most Caribbean islands.
A-levels require studying an offered A-level subject over a two-year period and sitting for an examination at the end of each year (AS and A2, respectively), proctored by an official assessment body. Most students study three or four A-level subjects simultaneously during Year 12 and Year 13 (ages 16–18), either in a Secondary Education institution or in a Sixth Form College, as part of their Further Education.
A-levels are recognised by many universities as the standard for assessing the suitability of applicants for admission in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and many such universities base their conditional admissions offers on a student's predicted A-level grades.
英國普通教育高級程度證書（GCE Advanced Level in the United Kingdom），是英國（不包括蘇格蘭）的普通中等教育文憑，在修讀完GCSE之後參加，供16-19歲的學生修讀，通常為期兩年。A-Level在1951年首次推出，用以取代以前的高等中學畢業會考（HSC）。完成A-Level學業之後，通常會得到GCE A-Level證書。
一些以前的英國殖民地，如香港、新加坡、馬爾他、南非也會舉行同名的考試，但由於教育制度已經發生改變，在這些地方的A-level教育通常已經在風格、系統上有了較大轉變。
現在A-Level資格在全球很多地方也有，由於它在全球具有普遍的認可性，使之成為很多國際學校教育體系的選擇。
2007
《泰晤士報》說，學校與兒童事務大臣埃德﹒鮑爾斯（Ed Balls）在工黨年會上表示，英國資歷評估與發展委員會將獲得更大授權，不受其他部門的干擾，以便家長、學生、大學和雇員等對當局維持考試標准抱有信心。
鮑爾斯形容保持考試部門獨立性，是效法工黨在1997年宣布英國央行英格蘭銀行獨立的做法。
鮑爾斯希望，英國普通初級中學畢業文憑（GCSE,General Certificate Secondary Education)、普通教育高級水平證書（A Level,Advanced Level of General Certificate of Education)的成績和水平不會被批評人士指稱是"貶值的貨幣"。
The GCSE’s failure
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Chris Woodhead
26 August 2007 The Sunday Times
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Alexandra Frean
23 August 2007 The Times
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Alexandra Frean
22 August 2007 The Times
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Alexandra Frean
24 August 2007 The Times
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Fiona Hamilton
27 August 2007 The Times
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26 August 2007 Times Online
Dumbing down fears force exam shake-up
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Alexandra Frean; Philip Webster
26 September 2007 The Times
New 'dumbed-down' GCSE will be as easy as A, B, or C
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Fiona Hamilton
14 July 2007 The Times
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Alexandra Frean
21 June 2007 The Times
‘Dumbed-down’ English GCSE fail to challenge pupils, says watchdog
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Alexandra Frean
16 March 2007 The Times
《每日電訊報》報道，英國政府為了提高教育水平，計劃對考試主管部門進行大刀闊斧的改革。
報道說，當局將取消現在的考試局，由一個獨立的機構負責統籌考試工作。
批評人士質疑英國公開考試的水平
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