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Goldman, Roy D.; Widawski, Mel H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1976
Results support the application of adaptation level theory to college grading standards, for it was found that at the institution student fields with lower ability students as compared with those with higher ability students employed less stringent grading criteria. (Author/RC)
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