Sociology / Unit 8 Soc 1384 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Grade Inflation
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The idea
Grade inflation is a documented rise over time in grades assigned for a given level of achievement, so an A today can signal C-level work.
In practice
Multiple universities report the most common grade shifting upward across decades, even as coursework did not become easier to verify.
Where people slip
Grade inflation describes a trend in the grade-to-achievement relationship, not a claim about any one student's grade.
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