In today's schools, students can be given high grades in examinations and class performance. High grades can lead to the problem of inflated grades. Inflated grades can lead to grade inflation. The subject of this study is to investigate the existence of high grades in primary school, secondary school and high school. The main purpose of the…

The COVID-19 pandemic brought immense challenges to global society. The entire social and work life had to be reorganized to accommodate for the restrictions imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19. These restrictions affected the eduFIGation worldwide as well. Face-to-face education was disrupted and alternatives had to be found. One of the…

Unsustainable student debt and a precarious labor market continue to raise public doubts over the value of a college degree. Observers note decades of grade inflation, eroding confidence in academic standards. Yet little attention has been paid to the perceptions of professors themselves. This report fills the gap by surveying 223 tenured…

The COVID-19 pandemic severely disrupted education at all levels. One consequence was that alternative arrangements had to be made for the 2021 summer public examinations. Exam boards asked staff at schools and colleges to generate, for each subject, teacher-assessed grades for their students. The submitted grades had to reflect 'a fair,…

Students in today's colleges and universities are plagued by a number of problems that include, but are not limited to, access, accountability, affordability, and educational quality; however, one of the more significant problems is grade inflation because it impacts university credibility, courses of study, institutional choices, and other areas.…

There exists a lack of communication among teachers about grade inflation. The problem is teachers do not understand the consequences of grade inflation. This instrumental case study is important because without meaningful grading, students are less prepared to function in today's society and teachers are subject to high levels of scrutiny and…

The problem of grade inflation has become epidemic in higher education. The purpose of this research was to determine the experiences, perceptions, and interpretations of adjunct college instructors with the phenomenon of grade inflation. The researcher used a qualitative phenomenological study methodology. Twenty-three respondents participated in…

There are many factors which contribute to college/university retention rates, two of which are a sense of entitlement and a lack of academic coping skills among rising college freshmen. The theoretical foundations of this research is conflict theory in education and social construct theory. This study examines grade inflation and social promotion…

This follow-up study to College Readiness in Post-Remedial Academia (Schrynemakers, Lane, Beckford, & Kim, 2019) analyzed faculty's perceptions about students' academic literacies, academic standards, and grade inflation currently, as well as compared to five years ago. The study was conducted during a multi-year developmental education reform…

This qualitative study examines nursing faculty perceptions related to the use of collaborative testing in nursing education. Collaborative testing, also called group testing or team testing provides opportunities for cooperative learning as students work in groups discussing test questions and choosing answers. Research identifies increased…

With the emergence of COVID-19, many educational pillars have been altered from conventional ways to online solutions. The educational assessment has been administered in online environments despite all encountered challenges. This descriptive study aimed to uncover the online assessment challenges that were confronted. Furthermore, it intended to…

Game-based constructivist learning has gained considerable attention as educational institutions aim to move from traditional instructional teaching to interactive and collaborative methods. The question is less asked of "whether" games should be used in teaching but rather "how" games should be used to create deep learning in…

Academic institutions worldwide, from primary schools to universities, use grades or marks as a fundamental sorting and signaling mechanism for students. The grades awarded to students should be indicative of learning outcomes. However, do the grades awarded today accurately reflect student achievement in the classroom? Grade inflation has become…

At Saudi universities, there was a sudden shift from face-to-face instruction to distance learning and assessment in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. This study explored the status of online exams in language, linguistics, and translation courses in the first two semesters of the Pandemic (Spring 2020 and Fall 2020). Analysis of faculty…

This study investigates the status of grade inflation in language and translation courses in Saudi Arabia. Analysis of the pass rates and percentages of students who obtained Grades A+, A, B+ and B in 70 English language skills and translation college courses, in addition to the English course scores of students in grades 1 to 11 at a private…