Grade Inflation¶
Johnson, V. E. (2003). Grade Inflation: A Crisis in College Education. Springer.
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Primes¶
- Instrument Interpretive Drift
- The department changes nothing about its grading rubric between 2010 and 2025 — same point allocations, same example answers, same pass mark — yet the proportion of As in introductory courses doubles, triggering a "grade inflation" investigation.
This sourceDocuments the rise in awarded grades over decades under stable grading standards, attributing it to drift in grading practice rather than improved student performance.
- The department changes nothing about its grading rubric between 2010 and 2025 — same point allocations, same example answers, same pass mark — yet the proportion of As in introductory courses doubles, triggering a "grade inflation" investigation.
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