GRADEINFLATION

Grade inflation

Grade inflation is the tendency of receiving higher academic grades for performing a work that would have received lower grades in the past. It is frequently discussed in relation to education in the United States, and to GCSEs and A levels in England and Wales. It is also an issue in Canada and other nations.

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grade inflation

Noun

  1. A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.


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