grade inflation

(Newser) - The standard grading system in America's colleges and universities has reached the point of uselessness, writes Daniel Pink in a Washington Post op-ed. Worse, the A-through-F system is actually defeating the purpose of helping young people learn, he argues. Pink runs through the history of grade inflation, referencing Goodhart'...

(Newser) - If you've got a straight-A student living under your roof, you may want to give your teen a pop quiz once in a while. A new study reveals that even though a larger percentage of high school seniors than their 1998 counterparts are heading off to college with an...

(Newser) - Think you have problems? Harvard is dealing with what appears to be an alarming proliferation of A grades, sparking accusations of grade inflation. At a meeting yesterday, longtime professor Harvey Mansfield got Harvard College's dean of undergraduate education to admit that the median grade at the institution is an...

(Newser) - A is for "average," especially at American colleges and universities today—a stunning 43% of all grades in the United States are now A's, according to a new report on grade inflation . That's up from just 15% in 1960 and 31% as recently as 1988, notes...