Apologies if this repeats others observations, but the following
Viewpoint has just come to my attention:
"An A is an A is an A" by Valen Johnson
New York Times, Education Life Supplement, 14 April 2002, p. 14
Johnson is a statistician at Duke who reports on the distribution of
grades among departments there and draws conclusions many of us will be
interested to see the documented.
I have my own hypotheses as to the causes of grade inflation but
Johnson's report casts an additional perspective on the situation.
Highly recommended reading.
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