Grade Inflation: A Leadership Opportunity for Schools of Education?

Abstract

Grade inflation pervades American schools from the K–12 level through the graduate level. The trend is particularly pronounced in the humanities fields and in departments, schools, and colleges of education (DSCEs). This problem presents a leadership opportunity for DSCEs to develop and implement a credible and meaningful grade-distribution system.

Testing, Testing, Testing ... Investigating Student Attitudes Towards, and Perceptions of, Eleven Years of Testing and Target Setting

“…The same source also shows an improved increase from the late 1980s onwards. We are, however, unable simply to claim that this rawscore change is an improvement in educational standards rather than what has been termed, perhaps rather uncharitably, 'counterfeit excellence' (Zirkel, 1999). Many policy changes have taken place over the same period.…”