For the second year running NCEA Level One maths has hit trouble with questions so difficult even the brightest students struggled. Photo: Peter McIntoshExasperated maths teachers are drafting a letter of complaint after a major exam left baffled students facing questions they had little chance of answering. For the second year running NCEA Level One maths has hit trouble with questions so difficult even the brightest students struggled. Teachers say the exam confounded students with duplicate questions, unnecessarily verbose instructions and testing work not taught in the syllabus. Last year there was uproar after a Year 11 NCEA Level One Maths Common Assessment Task (MCAT) proved so difficult students were left in tears.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 20, 2017 20:48 UTC