Grade Inflation: End of a Trend?.

Suslow, Sidney

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Grade Inflation: End of a Trend?

Suslow, Sidney

Change, 9, 3, 44-5, Mar 77

A survey of undergraduate grade point averages from 1960 to 1974 at 50 institutions indicates a steady increase during that period. If the current concern about grade inflation is sustained, more institutions will probably explore methods to extend the distinctions that record the scholastic achievement of undergraduates. (LBH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education, National Surveys, Prediction, Trend Analysis

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