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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Grade Inflation
Let employers do what astute ones have always done -- interview prospective employees -- or give their own tests. Grade inflation doesn't begin to compare with the inflated state of the egos of these arrogant people who are so eager to label and reject other human beings as detritus. Gloria gpipkin@i-1.net -----Original Message----- From: arn-l-owner@interversity.org [mailto:arn-l-owner@interversity.org] On Behalf Of George Sheridan Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 1:33 AM To: arn-l@interversity.org Subject: [arn-l] Grade Inflation Do you think "Grade Inflation" is the new party line for testocrats? Besides the Jay Matthews column in the Washington Post that angered Susan Ohanian, here's a Detroit News article quoting a Manhattan Institute study on grade inflation and suggesting that test scores are more reliable indicators of student performance than are grades.
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