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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782133703321

Titolo

Grade inflation [[electronic resource] ] : academic standards in higher education / / edited by Lester H. Hunt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7914-7800-9

1-4356-6376-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HuntLester H. <1946->

Disciplina

371.27/2

Soggetti

Grading and marking (Students) - United States

Education, Higher - Standards - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The dangerous myth of grade inflation / Alfie Kohn -- Undergraduate grades: a more complex story than "inflation" / Clifford Adelman -- Understanding grade inflation / Richard Kamber -- Grade inflation and grade variation: what's all the fuss about? / Harry Brighouse -- From here to equality: grading policies for egalitarians / Francis K. Schrag -- Grade "inflation" and the professionalism of the professoriate / Mary Biggs -- Fissures in the foundation: why grade conflation could happen / Mary Biggs -- Grading teachers: academic standards and student evaluations / Lester H. Hunt -- Combating grade inflation: obstacles and opportunities / Richard Kamber -- Grade distortion, bureaucracy, and obfuscation at the University of Alabama / David T. Beito and Charles W. Nuckolls -- Afterword: focusing on the big picture / Lester H. Hunt.