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The majority of students all over the world strive to receive what they deem “good” grades. However, it has reached a point that students abandon learning to achieve them and succeed in life. Therefore, the immense amount of pressure society puts on students to obtain good grades detracts from their ability to learn. Students have many misinterpretations about their grades, particularly what they represent and their relationship with learning. For example, they often mistake long-term learning and course grades as equals (West and Carrell). In reality, the grade he or she received and the amount a student actually learned are independent of one another (Rubino). Many students are more attracted to having A’s on their reports cards than…

Grade Inflation What is grade inflation? Grade inflation is the tendency to award students with higher academic grades with work then what the students should had actually received, and because of it there has been discussion about grade inflation and what solutions would help educational institution get rid of it or try to lessen the problem. Many people does not realize the effects of grade inflation. So what are the effects of grade inflation? What solutions can help solve grade inflation in…

Letter grades existed long before we are born. According to Mark W. Durm, “1883—At Harvard there is a reference to a student making a B. This apparently was the first use of a letter for a grade that can be found” (1). There are many great leaders attended schools and received letter grades; even our grand parents might have received letter grades in their life. Many people attended school and grew up with grades and every one of us is very familiar with grades. We fought for good grades to get…

The growth of grade inflation has become a nationwide pandemic and is rapidly growing as American’s continue to disregard this problem. The virus has spread to colleges including Harvard and Stanford like white blood cells drawn to an infection. Compared to other countries, the United States consistently ranks lower than foreign countries on international tests. Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein extracted data from average national test scores to examine the claim of Americans scoring the…

If you ask most teenage student if “putting in effort should merit a high grade…” I’m sure most will agree with this statement. I’m one of those teenage students who does not agree with it. There are a couple reasons, some more common sense than others. James blogger's statement “If I work hard, I deserve a high grade,” is something I would like to deliberate. Effort should be considered as a high achievement but should not be considered, or be an expectation of an instant “A”, or even a…

Grade Inflation Is grade inflation fair? Depends on who you might ask. When people think about grade inflation do they think about those classes, where thanks to a curve, they were able to go from a failing D to a passing C. Then there are others who think about their friend that never went to class, barely studied, and turned in assignments late who their grade got inflated to pass with a C thanks to a curve. There are two types of people, those who work hard and those who do not. Sometimes…

their jobs. Grade inflation is becoming a major issue in college it seems. In the articles, Grade Inflation Gone Wild by Stuart Rojstaczer and Doesn’t Anybody Get a C Anymore by Phil Primack speak upon grade inflation and grading in college. Grade inflation is seen as a problem. Grading depends on the…

“Education is just starting to figure out what measurement actually means, five years ago we thought test scores were the answer to everything. We’re offering a way to focus on the right metrics.” said Aaron Feuer, Panorama’s co-founder and chief executive. Students spend most of the time with their teachers so why not have students grade their teachers. Studies show that poor school environments are strongly linked to poor test scores, low graduation rates, low attendance rates, and student…

Why are grades so important? Why do teachers and others feel grades are important? What are grades suppose to show or tell? Grades are often given to others to show their progress in a subject or skill. Grades are used in many other ways like grading someone 's personality, looks, performance,etc. There 's many reasons to be graded, but why do some feel it 's important? Everyone sees grades as a normal way to place others in a certain categories. They also show how one is exceeding or failing.…

“Grades are given more leniently today than when I was in college.” Visit any major university today and you’re bound to hear a professor say something of the sort. Many professors claim that grade inflation has corrupted our colleges. Students are being rewarded highly for simply adequate work, they proclaim. The truth is grade inflation has never actually been proven; it is more of a theory than a fact. Ask for sources on the subject and you’ll find isolated studies that proudly report college…