Sentences with phrase «says grade inflation»

A College Board study that says grade inflation is rampant in high schools could be used as an argument for more standardized testing.

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He also said that under Labour there had been grade inflation and «dumbing down.»

Erich Battistin, Professor of Economics at QMUL and lead author of the study says the period provides a «perfect test environment» to interrogate an important policy question: can grade inflation change the composition of neighbourhoods?

He says that in these areas the combined grade inflation of more than one school can increase house prices by three per cent, or # 7,000.

Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the ISC, said: «A concerted effort to halt grade inflation in recent years has seen the top grades both nationally and in independent schools level off and fall slightly, so it is encouraging to see the headline A * and A figure remain solid.

Any improvement in standards under the previous government was «down to grade inflation», he said.

Earlier this month, in an open letter to college presidents and education school deans, Duncan said, «The system we have for training teachers lacks rigor, is out of step with the times, and is given to extreme grade inflation that leaves teachers unprepared and their future students at risk.»

I say, welcome to home schooling and welcome to charter schools, for all the mumbo jumbo of the EdSource article writers on subjects is not really reflecting the fact that our California has in year 2013 - 2014 and currently in year 2014 - 2015, severe, very very severe grade inflation.

The Times Educational Supplement (TES) says measures to guard against grade inflation were not appropriate for this year's English exams.