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When the official results are plotted on a graph with the 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010 and 2015 general elections mapped on to it, there are small increases or decreases in results just before or after the elections, he said.
Mr Frost suggested these blips in primary school test results were the result of governments trying to justify the need for their particular policies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39735251


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