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Direct linkDoug Lemov – Education Next, 2024
Grade inflation is causing student's hard work to be undervalued. As high grades get easier and easier to achieve, the highest grades can only go up so far. The difference between excellent and decent is compressed. Everybody wins is a system that guides and shapes the mindset of most American students--except a small number of kids who lose out…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Inflation, Educational Environment, Academic Standards
Childs, Kelly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the relationship between a non-Power Five Cinderella team in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament and institutional financial and admissions factors. The purpose of this study was to examine what, if anything, changes for a non-Power Five school who makes the March Madness tournament as compared to those similar…
Descriptors: Correlation, Team Sports, College Athletics, College Admission
Lee, Jaekyung; Weis, Lois; Liu, Keqiao; Kang, Chungseo – Journal of Higher Education, 2017
Through multilevel analyses of Educational Longitudinal Study and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)-Barron's data sets, this study examined unequal chances for college enrollment for students from different high school types and locations. The study shows that students from more privileged high school sectors are able to maximize…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Characteristics, Catholic Schools, Private Schools
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2012
On the verge of signing a contract to help design assessments for the common standards, ACT Inc. has withdrawn from the project amid conflict-of-interest questions sparked by its own development of a similar suite of tests. Even though it involves only a small subcontract, the move by the Iowa-based test-maker, and the questions from the state…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Testing, Academic Standards, Intellectual Property
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2012
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) To Be Continued: Congress Enacts Temporary Funding Mechanism to Keep Government Operating Until March 2013; Bill…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, High School Graduates, Public Education
Download full textSedere, Upali M. – Online Submission, 2010
Stress is simply the body's response to changes that create taxing demands. When one cannot cope with it, these cause distresses. Stress is not always bad. The manageable stress motivates individuals to achieve what he/she wishes to achieve. When one can cope with stress it is called "eustress" which is good. Education in many countries…
Descriptors: Failure, Fear, Anxiety, Stress Management
Milewski, Glenn B.; Camara, Wayne J. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2002
In recent years, conflicting reports have circulated about the number of colleges and universities that have made standardized tests optional, rather than required, for admission. The National Center for Fair and Open Testing, or FairTest, has widely publicized a list of 391 colleges and universities that, it claims, do not require admissions…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Colleges, Admission Criteria, College Admission
