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Default Interesting Article on Grade Inflation

On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:24:51 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 12/16/2013 9:12 AM, Jim Thompson wrote:
Interesting Article on Grade Inflation...

http://tinyurl.com/n2jzxtp

...Jim Thompson


"Last week, the Harvard Crimson reported that the median grade at
Harvard College is an A-, and the most common grade awarded is a
straight A."

http://www.goacta.org/the_forum/shin...rade_inflation


Yep. Everyone is _equal_ under communism. So no one strives. And it
shows, from OECD...

"Overall, according to the U.S. Department of Education, American
students' rankings in math have slipped from 24th to 29th compared to
the last test in 2010. In science, they've gone from 19th to 22nd, and
from 10th to 20th in reading."

...Jim Thompson
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