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grade inflation n (Social Science / Education) an apparently continual increase in numbers of students attaining high examination grades, or the practice of awarding grades in this way How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Faculty incentives leading to grade inflation were also a topic of academic research (such as Germain and Scandura, 2005). For many, that is a daunting challenge - which is a sad commentary on the education and grade inflation in our schools. It is not, as I've heard proposed in one school district, undoing the decades-old effects of grade inflation by making it more difficult for students to earn grades of A, B or C. |
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