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“The data show that the mean grade in undergraduate courses rose slightly in 2002-03; they also suggest that grade compression continues to be a concern,” Gross wrote in a letter accompanying the report. “These trends are both best addressed through...
“My main concern was not so much with grade inflation as grade compression, and having a way of rewarding students who do truly excellent work,” Feldman said. “We don’t have that at the moment because 25 percent [of...
“I’m worried it will be more inflationary and that will cause more grade compression,” he said.
Feldman said he is less worried about grade inflation than he is about its companion phenomenon, grade comprehension. He said grade compression makes it harder to recognize exceptional students.
In a letter that accompanied the report, Gross wrote that grade levels “suggest that grade compression continues to be a concern.”