Grade Inflation: Metaphor and Reality.

Kamber, Richard; Biggs, Mary

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Publication Date: 2003-Jan-1

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Grade Inflation: Metaphor and Reality

Kamber, Richard; Biggs, Mary

Journal of Education, v184 n1 p31-37 Win 2003

Grade inflation has become a general term for teachers and administrators in recent times and is an ambiguous denomination which needs to be identified. The allegory and reality of grade inflation is discussed.

Descriptors: Figurative Language, Grade Inflation, Academic Standards, Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)

Journal of Education, Boston University, School of Education, 621 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Web site: http://www.bu.edu/education/jed/jedContact.html.

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