September 5, 2008

Just Say 'A': Grade Inflation Undergoes Reality Check

By THOMAS BARTLETT and PAULA WASLEY

The notion of a decline in standards draws crusaders and skeptics

Does Florida State University have a grade-inflation problem?

The numbers are certainly suspicious. A decade ago, only 19 percent of the students who took an oceanography class earned A's. Last fall it was 57 percent.

Or take mathematics. Ten years ago, 27 percent of math students at Florida State failed. Last fall it was 10 percent. With a few exceptions, the same trend holds in other

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