02952nam 2200673Ia 450 991095691010332120200520144314.0978079147800407914780099781435663763143566376410.1515/9780791478004(CKB)1000000000537477(OCoLC)246177103(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575770(SSID)ssj0000164878(PQKBManifestationID)11164803(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164878(PQKBWorkID)10124725(PQKB)10063264(Au-PeEL)EBL3407344(CaPaEBR)ebr10575770(OCoLC)923404032(DE-B1597)684263(DE-B1597)9780791478004(MiAaPQ)EBC3407344(Perlego)2672592(EXLCZ)99100000000053747720070816d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGrade inflation academic standards in higher education /edited by Lester H. Hunt1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20081 online resource (251 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791474983 0791474984 9780791474976 0791474976 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.Grading and marking (Students)United StatesEducation, HigherStandardsUnited StatesGrading and marking (Students)Education, HigherStandards371.27/2Hunt Lester H.1946-1692694MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956910103321Grade inflation4363875UNINA