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• 24 Mar 09
  

  Elizabeth Shoemaker

  Grade inflation on the rise?

  • Grade Inflation Seen Rising

    • 

      Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24

      Written for a college audience, but can be applied for any grade level--a great read
  • grade inflation continues to be a broad problem across much of higher education.
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  • • private colleges rose from 3.09 in 1991 to 3.30 in 2006.
    • public colleges and universities, the increase was from 2.85 to 3.01
    • better prepared

      • 

        Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24

        Good question--how can we accurately tell?
    • Princeton University has largely done so
    • tame grade inflation
    • held the line against inflated grades: community colleges.
    • conditioned to expect good grades just for showing up

      • 

        Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24

        More interested in the grade than the learning process too?

    • The issue matters, Rojstaczer said, because "the alternative is a student
      body that frequently misses class, never prepares in advance, studies about 11
      hours a week if they are 'full time' students, and drinks itself into a constant
      stupor out of boredom. That's not an acceptable alternative anywhere."

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        Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24

        See the same trend in high school (minus the drinking bit hopefully)--some students don't do any of the work and are shocked when they have a D. Meanwhile another student works incredibly hard and earns every point of the A. How is it worth it to that A student if the D student suddenly receives a B for much less work?
    • My point is not that there is no grade inflation, rather that inflation in the
      judgment of human performance is something that cannot be proved,"
    • data from community colleges suggest that professors in that sector have been
      getting tougher in recent years
    • "Teaching and learning is what community college faculty do."
    • so there is no assumption that everyone in the class will do well.
    • many community college students haven't had great high school experiences and so
      aren't the type to demand an A on everything.

      • 

        Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24

        interesting
    • Her students, she said, are focused on how improving their writing will help
      them professionally, and they want to see that the course will give them new
      skills they can use, not a letter grade.

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        Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24

        How can I get my students to think like this?
• 16 Mar 09
  

  Sean Devine

  higher education grades

• 12 Mar 09
  

  Kay Cunningham

  "The new analysis found that the average grade-point average at private colleges rose from 3.09 in 1991 to 3.30 in 2006. At public colleges and universities, the increase was from 2.85 to 3.01 over the same time period. The study also examines -- and seek

  colleges universities grades students

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• 
  Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24
  Written for a college audience, but can be applied for any grade level--a great read
• 
  Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24
  Good question--how can we accurately tell?
• 
  Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24
  More interested in the grade than the learning process too?
• 
  Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24
  See the same trend in high school (minus the drinking bit hopefully)--some students don't do any of the work and are shocked when they have a D. Meanwhile another student works incredibly hard and earns every point of the A. How is it worth it to that A student if the D student suddenly receives a B for much less work?
• 
  Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24
  interesting
• 
  Elizabeth Shoemaker on 2009-03-24
  How can I get my students to think like this?

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