Grade Inflation A Crisis in College Education /

• Main Author: Johnson, Valen E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Subjects: Education.; Science.; International education.; Comparative education.; Statistics.; International and Comparative Education.; Statistics, general.; Science, general.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

Grade inflation runs rampant at most colleges and universities, but faculty and administrators are seemingly unwilling to face the problem. This book explains why, exposing many of the misconceptions surrounding college grading. Based on historical research and the results of a yearlong, on-line cou...

Table of Contents:

• The DUET Experiment
• Grades and Student Evaluations of Teaching
• DUET Analysis of Grades and SETs
• Validity of Student Evaluations of Teaching
• Grades and Student Course Selection
• Grading Equity
• Conclusions.