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606. HOW GRADING POLICIES INFLUENCE GRADE INFLATION
The fact that students are earning higher grades than ever without any appreciable increase in other assessments of academic ability should be well-known by now. Less understood are the root causes of this increasing phenomenon. Amy and Mike invited researchers Maia Goodman Young and Dan Goldhaber to dig into the data on how grading policies influence grade inflation.
What are five things you will learn in this episode?
What is the purpose of grading?
How did state policy around grading in Washington change during the pandemic?
What does the research show about changes in grades throughout…
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