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Direct linkO'Halloran, Kim C.; Gordon, Michael E. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
Higher education in the United States is facing increasing demands for colleges and universities to demonstrate what students learn and that they are providing a high-quality education experience during the undergraduate years (Pascarealla et al. in "Chang Mag High Learn" 42(1):16-22, 2010). Despite evidence of the elevation of grades in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Grade Inflation, Educational Change
Gordon, Michael E.; Fay, Charles H. – College Teaching, 2010
To examine the antecedents of perceptions of grading fairness, approximately 600 college students were surveyed about the prevalence and desirability of 1) teaching practices that assisted students to prepare for examinations, and 2) common test scoring manipulations used to transform poor scores into acceptable ones (e.g., curving low scores…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Grade Inflation, Scoring, Grading
Gordon, Michael E.; Herzog, Gregory E.; Potenza, Joseph A. – College and University, 2008
Throughout classrooms in the United States there appears to have been a general watering down of academic standards. The percentages of "A" and "B" grades have risen, and at some schools, the percentage of grades of "C" or lower has plummeted. Numerous scholarly articles about grade inflation discuss the extent,…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Scholarship, Academic Standards, Grading
