Grade Inflation: A Leadership Opportunity for Schools of Education?.

Zirkel, Perry A.

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ERIC Number: EJ604231

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Grade Inflation: A Leadership Opportunity for Schools of Education?

Zirkel, Perry A.

Teachers College Record, v101 n2 p247-60 Win 1999

Grade inflation pervades U.S. schools at all levels, and it is particularly pronounced in the humanities fields and in departments, schools, and colleges of education (DSCEs). This problem presents a leadership opportunity for DSCEs to develop and implement a credible and meaningful grade distribution system to combat pervasive grade inflation. (SM)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Graduate Study, Higher Education, Leadership, Preservice Teacher Education, Schools of Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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