Changes in High School Grading Standards in Mathematics, 1982-1992 Dan Koretz, Mark Berends $15.00 (paperback, 80 pp.) ISBN: 0-8330-3073-6 MR-1445-CB, 2001 All materials below are free, downloadable PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. Contents Preface Figures Tables Summary Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Importance of Grading Standards Research Questions ...

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Grade inflation does exist and one of its causes is fiscal and budgetary policy, specifically, the use by many states of enrollment based funding formulas as a means of allocating funds for higher education.

Grade Inflation: The Current Fraud By M. Donald Thomas, Ph.D. President Emeritus, School Management Study Group William Bainbridge, Ph.D. President, SchoolMatch Corporation, Columbus, Ohio Alice Henderson (name changed) graduated in 1995 from high school with a 3.90 grade point average. Her grades were all A s except for two B s; one in physical education and the second in art. Alice had hopes ...

Sunday, June 22, 1997 Thousands of students victims of 'grade inflation' By Nancy Mitchell Times-Union staff writer Jennifer Givens thought she was a great student. After her junior year at Paxon High School, she had the 4.0 grade point average to back it up. But Givens didn't know how to use the school library. She rarely studied. She had never written a research paper. So, when expectations ...

COLLOQUY The question Many state and federal officials have pushed in recent years to create scholarships or tax breaks on tuition that are contingent on students' achieving certain grade-point averages. The most famous of those plans is the HOPE scholarship, created in Georgia and adapted by President Clinton in the federal tax legislation that passed this year. Supporters of those programs say ...

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