Where A Is Ordinary¶
Rojstaczer, S., & Healy, C. (2012). Where A Is Ordinary: The Evolution of American College and University Grading, 1940–2009. Teachers College Record, 114(7), 1-23.
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- Signal Devaluation
- Grade inflation. Average GPAs have risen steadily with concentration at the top of the scale; graduate schools and employers adapt by discounting high grades and shifting weight to alternative signals.
This sourceDocuments the long-run rise of average GPAs and concentration of grades at the top of the scale (A's rose from ~15% of grades in 1960 to ~43% by 2009), the canonical grade-inflation evidence.
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Abstract documents A's rising to 43% of grades with GPAs saturated at the high end and of 'little use as an evaluation tool' for graduate schools and employers, but not that those audiences discount grades and shift to other signals.
“Contemporary data indicate that, on average across a wide range of schools, A's represent 43% of all letter grades, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960 and 12 percentage points since 1988. ... It is likely that at many selective and highly selective schools, undergraduate GPAs are now so saturated at the high end that they have little use as a motivator of students and as an evaluation tool for graduate …”
- Grade inflation. Average GPAs have risen steadily with concentration at the top of the scale; graduate schools and employers adapt by discounting high grades and shifting weight to alternative signals.
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