https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/grade-inflation/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/grade-inflation/comment-page-1/#comment-520591 Bruce Charlton Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:13:08 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29243#comment-520591 You probably already know it, but this may explain what’s going on. I particularly liked Figure 7.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/grade-inflation/comment-page-1/#comment-520463 Steve Robinson Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:26:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29243#comment-520463 After 30 years I am back in education. The kids across the board are dumber and lazier. I think this is a function of teachers wanting to keep their jobs.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2012/06/grade-inflation/comment-page-1/#comment-519714 Ben Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:27:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=29243#comment-519714 I notice Purdue is the only school that shows zero grade inflation in this chart. In 2008 Purdue changed from a 6.00 = A to the more common 4.00 = A. I wonder if this was accounted for in the graph.

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