Grade inflation
Harvard Joins the ‘Right-Wing Conspiracy’—Declares That College Grades Have Been a Joke for Decades
So, it turns out that the little boy was right all along about the emperor’s new clothes. In an effort to restore grading standards, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is conducting an email ballot on the administration’s…
(Not) Cheaper by the Dozen | Debunking 12 Common Myths About Higher Education
Myth 1: A’s and B’s Are Marks of Distinction in College, With C’s Signifying Average Performance. Reality: According to GradeInflation.com, as well as other later surveys, in the early 1960s, the percentage of A’s awarded in…
K-12 grade inflation hurts American kids’ earning potential
Thomas Lindsay writes for the Federalist about a disturbing new study involving American school kids. Increasingly widespread high school grade inflation can cost students more than $200,000 in lost earning potential per…
Study: K-12 Grade Inflation Making American Kids Dumber, Costing Them Millions
When teachers inflate grades — giving higher marks than students’ actual performance warrants — the effects ripple far beyond the classroom. Increasingly widespread high school grade inflation can cost students more than…
Brandeis Is Doing Something About Grade Inflation. Will Texas Be Next?
This is a good-news, bad-news tale for American higher education. The good news: A top-tier university has finally taken serious aim at the epidemic of grade hyperinflation. The bad news: We have fallen so far that even elite…
Harvard grade inflation report highlights larger problem
Christopher Jacobs writes for the Federalist about a recent controversy at the nation’s oldest university. The recent reactions by students of arguably the nation’s most prominent university to a report about grade inflation…
Irony Alert: Students Demand Profs Stop Handing Out Easy A’s
I never thought I’d see the day. Grading standards in college have grown so lax (nearly 50% of all college grades nationwide are A’s) that now even the students—the students!—are demanding that professors grow a spine and…
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