Sentences with phrase «about grade inflation»

A new A * grade is being introduced this year to help universities identify the brightest pupils, amid complaints in some quarters about grade inflation.

There may have been some validity to concern about grade inflation 15 years ago, but if report cards are still useless, it is the responsibility of the district to provide correctives.

The program has also spurred concerns about grade inflation, as students must earn a 3.0 GPA to qualify.

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Today's confirmation of Gove's drive to abolish the qualification for good is a major step, coming before the impending Cabinet reshuffle, which is driven by a desire to end complaints about «grade inflation» and reverse Britain's educational decline behind other countries» literacy and numeracy rates.

In Easy As, NCTQ's researchers observed that grade inflation was more prevalent in teachers» colleges than it was in higher education as a whole, while asking if prospective teachers are graded too easily, are we «misleading them about their readiness to teach?»

A concern some educators have expressed about showing students previous grades is that it could lead to students choosing what look like easier courses in order to get higher grades, resulting in grade inflation.

If you are going to be given to grade inflation, I'd have reservations about you as education commissioner.