My understanding is that "Para-style selection" involves using the selection procedures developed for the Paralympics! :D

It's actually quite a big issue with education, especially in the private sector, as there are many selective schools who select bright pupils on the basis that they will be guaranteed to get good results and then wave those results at rich, gullible parents who will be convinced that the pupils achieved those results because of the treatment, and not the selection, and so the school is worth paying exorbitant fees for when in fact it's all a big con!

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