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Carrie Allen
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Joined: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:44 pm Posts: 38
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This was in the ASCD yesterday and I found it interesting. "About a third of Arkansas seniors graduating between 2002 and 2004 had inflated grades, according to University of Arkansas professor Sean Mulvenon, who compared students' grade-point averages with their scores on the ACT. Mulvenon briefed a legislative panel Tuesday and said 31% of college-bound graduates with a 3.0 GPA or higher had to take remedial courses in college." Do you feel high schools in North Carolina inflate grades?
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Jennifer Wampler
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Joined: Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:45 pm Posts: 47
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I don't think schools or teachers inflate grade purposely. I do think however that the standards have been lowered, and often what is defined as an honors level class is not TRULY honors level. I really think that from school to school a course is different. This is one reason I am for standardized testing, like the EOCs. The Chemistry EOC is a good test. I think it tests, for the most part, what kids should know after leaving a Chem I class, and the AP tests are great and rigorous. Without such tests, grading can be too subjective and inflating can occur too easily.
_________________ Jennifer Wampler
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