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Compton DM, Metheny B. An assessment of grade inflation in higher education. Percept Mot Skills. 2000;90(2):527-36doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.527.
Compton, D. M., & Metheny, B. (2000). An assessment of grade inflation in higher education. Perceptual and motor skills, 90(2), 527-36. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.527
Compton, D M, and Metheny, B. "An assessment of grade inflation in higher education." Perceptual and motor skills vol. 90,2 (2000): 527-36. doi: https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.527
Compton DM, Metheny B. An assessment of grade inflation in higher education. Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Apr;90(2):527-36. doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.527. PMID: 10833750.
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Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Apr;90(2):527-36. doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.527.

An assessment of grade inflation in higher education.

Perceptual and motor skills

D M Compton, B Metheny

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  1. Department of Psychology, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville 31061, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 10833750 DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.527

Abstract

Considerable research has been conducted on grade inflation and its pervasiveness. Given the significance of grade inflation on the quality of the educational experience and the reputations of colleges and universities, efforts to assess its presence and underlying causes should be supported and solutions developed. Because periodic changes in average grades in the short term may be anomalous, mean grade point averages (GPAs) for 262 undergraduate courses at a Liberal Arts college were examined for trends across a 10-yr. period. Analysis showed higher grades appeared within two of the colleges' four academic units, although the reasons remained unclear. Tentative explanations are explored.

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