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Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in grades awarded to s... more Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in grades awarded to successive cohorts of students taking a given examination or set of examinations in the absence of a matching improvement in learning or achievement. This paper explores the consequences of this phenomenon that afflicts modern education.
Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in examination grades ... more Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in examination grades awarded in the absence of a matching improvement in learning or achievement. This paper explores the causes of the grade inflationary trend in Irish higher education that has been described by Guilfoyle, 2007a, 2007b. Three sets of influences and policy choices that drive the grade inflation process are suggested: the impact of social and economic changes, institutional choices about educational policies and the operation of the educational awards process.
Grade inflation arises when there is an improving trend in examination grades over time without a... more Grade inflation arises when there is an improving trend in examination grades over time without an accompanying improvement in learning or academic achievement. It is a phenomenon which has received widespread attention in the United States and in the UK but little to date in Ireland. This is one of a series of papers from the Network for Irish Educational Standards, researched and written to address the dearth of empirical information and informed analysis on the topic in this country.
The paper is a case study of grading disparity in higher education -variation in the grades award... more The paper is a case study of grading disparity in higher education -variation in the grades awarded for similar academic effort across examiners, disciplines and institutions -based on the first cohort of graduates from the ab initio BSc in nursing courses launched in 2002.
This study assesses the extent and pattern of change in the distribution of grades in the Irish L... more This study assesses the extent and pattern of change in the distribution of grades in the Irish Leaving Certificate examination between 1992, when the current grading system was introduced, and 2006. It also evaluates whether grade increases are likely to have arisen as a result of improved scholastic achievement or as a result of grade inflation.
Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in grades awarded to s... more Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in grades awarded to successive cohorts of students taking a given examination or set of examinations in the absence of a matching improvement in learning or achievement. This paper explores the consequences of this phenomenon that afflicts modern education.
Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in examination grades ... more Grade Inflation occurs when there is an upward trend over a period of time in examination grades awarded in the absence of a matching improvement in learning or achievement. This paper explores the causes of the grade inflationary trend in Irish higher education that has been described by Guilfoyle, 2007a, 2007b. Three sets of influences and policy choices that drive the grade inflation process are suggested: the impact of social and economic changes, institutional choices about educational policies and the operation of the educational awards process.
Grade inflation arises when there is an improving trend in examination grades over time without a... more Grade inflation arises when there is an improving trend in examination grades over time without an accompanying improvement in learning or academic achievement. It is a phenomenon which has received widespread attention in the United States and in the UK but little to date in Ireland. This is one of a series of papers from the Network for Irish Educational Standards, researched and written to address the dearth of empirical information and informed analysis on the topic in this country.
The paper is a case study of grading disparity in higher education -variation in the grades award... more The paper is a case study of grading disparity in higher education -variation in the grades awarded for similar academic effort across examiners, disciplines and institutions -based on the first cohort of graduates from the ab initio BSc in nursing courses launched in 2002.
This study assesses the extent and pattern of change in the distribution of grades in the Irish L... more This study assesses the extent and pattern of change in the distribution of grades in the Irish Leaving Certificate examination between 1992, when the current grading system was introduced, and 2006. It also evaluates whether grade increases are likely to have arisen as a result of improved scholastic achievement or as a result of grade inflation.