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Gordon, David T., Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 2000
This document is comprised of the six issues in volume 16 of the Harvard Education Letter, a bimonthly newsletter addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Grade Inflation: What's Really behind All Those A's?" (Birk) and "Every Friday was Fight Day"…
Descriptors: Cheating, Child Health, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
In spite of widespread concerns about low academic achievement nationally, parents generally have expressed satisfaction with their own children's achievement and schools, largely because their children's grades suggest that they are doing well. This report examines what student grades tell about achievement through the use of data from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change