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Andrei Ternikov; Mikhail Blyakher – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper focuses on the factors related to faculty workload in the context of resource scarcity to examine whether there is a relationship between them and grade inflation. Design/methodology/approach: As for methodological novelty, the authors created an indicator of students' expectations about grades that is related to grade…
Descriptors: Grading, Grade Inflation, Faculty Workload, College Faculty
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Barata, M. Clara; Calheiros, M. Manuela; Patrício, Joana Nunes; Graça, João; Lima, M. Luisa – Elementary School Journal, 2015
Despite the accumulated evidence that retention is an ineffective and potentially harmful remedial strategy, several countries struggle with high levels of retention in compulsory schooling. This article provides evidence of the impact of the Portuguese national educational policy "Programa Mais Sucesso Escolar" (PMSE) using class size,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, School Holding Power
Martins, Pedro S. – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2010
There is great interest in understanding the potential of teacher incentives to improve student achievement. In fact, teacher incentives, either individual or collective, may improve student achievement if they succeed in aligning the public or social goals with the goals of the teacher. However, an approach in which reward is based on outputs can…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Grade Inflation, Incentives, Academic Achievement