Grade Inflation

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Grade inflation is happening in a lot of public schools,colleges and universities. Grade inflation is when grades start to go up rapidly. I will be writing about grade inflation in public schools,colleges and universities in the United States. I chose to write about grade inflation because it is something that is going on in schools around the United States and even around the world I am interested in it because it makes me think about how grades used to be and how they have increased over time. My question is Why are grades starting to go up? I think grades are starting to go up is because students expect to have good grades and parents want their kids to get higher grades.

What is grade inflation start and when did it start?:
Grade inflation
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Complaints have been around for more than a century. Grade inflation has been as consistently ignored problem in public schools and universities for over 50 years. Students expect higher grades and parents demand high grades. A Lot of students were receiving A’s and graduated with honors. More undergraduates in 1993 were receiving A’s says Alifie Kohn. Kohn reviewed college transcripts from students who graduated from high school in 1972 1982 and 1992, A’s and B’s received by students were 58.5% in the 70s 58.9% in the 80w and 58.0% in the 90s. Some of the most frequently mentioned causes of grade inflation student teacher dynamics, student expectations, fear of evaluation and below average teaching …show more content…
That is especially true among more highly ranked law schools says George Leef. Grade inflation impacts university student courses of study, choices of institution. Recent study shows 200 colleges and universities found more than 40% of all grades were awarded in the A range. These days it seems like everyone college's receiving A’s making the dean's list or graduating with honors. In 1950 about 15% of Harvard students got a B+ or better. Last year 50% of grades at Harvard were either A or A- up by 22% in 2966 and 91% of seniors graduated with honors. The median grade at Harvard college is an A- and most frequently grade is an A. At Northern Kentucky University recommend that a professors teach the first years courses so that 30 to 60% of their grades are either a C or C+. C grades have mostly disappeared at prestigious law schools like Harvard. Grade inflation is a national ting. Duke University had risen until 1997 over 45% of all grade awarded to undergraduates Duke were A’s fewer than 15% of grades were C+ or