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End the "Easy A": Tougher Grading Standards Set More Students up for Success
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Gershenson, Seth – Education Next, 2020
Grade inflation is pervasive in American high schools. Is rampant grade inflation cause for concern? How teachers' grading standards affect student success is an empirical question--one that the author addresses in this article in a new study of roughly 350,000 North Carolina students taking Algebra I between 2006 and 2016. The author first…
Descriptors: Grading, Grade Inflation, Academic Standards, High School Students