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Direct linkGordon, 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
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L.; Baker, Eva L. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1995
The implications of international assessments in setting world-class performance standards are explored. Possible uses of recent international assessments as benchmarks against which to compare the achievement of U.S. students are illustrated. Characteristics of international assessments that affect their usefulness as benchmarks are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Luijten, Anton J. M., Ed. – 1991
This collection of 18 papers (selected from a total of 57 presented at a conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment) represents efforts by examining bodies and institutes to: improve the examination system and testing techniques; develop reliable instruments; and establish standards for public examinations. The papers…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textChelimsky, Eleanor – 1993
The General Accounting Office (GAO), at the request of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, conducted studies on the extent and cost of testing in the United States, the experience of Canada in testing, and initial efforts to set standards for judging student performance on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment
