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Direct linkWongsurawat, Winai – Education Economics, 2009
While the nature and causes of university grade inflation have been extensively studied, little empirical research on the consequence of this phenomenon is currently available. The present study uses data for 48 US law schools to analyze admission decisions in 1995, 2000, and 2007, a period during which university grade inflation appears to have…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Law Schools, Standardized Tests, Economic Climate
Wongsurawat, Winai – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the evidence on whether grade inflation has led to an increasing emphasis on standardized test scores as a criterion for law school admissions. Design/methodology/approach: Fit probabilistic models to admissions data for American law schools during the mid to late 1990s, a period during which…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Law Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Ability
