Word: grades
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...question of truth in advertising or full disclosure. It's a question of whether the reader of the transcript has understanding of the meaning of the letter grade," says Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...
...proposal would also "very quickly make the average grade in a class public," says Gary J. Feldman, Baird professor of science and the chair of the Physics Department...
Proponents of transcript amplification believe that making average grades public would discourage teachers from indiscriminately handing out A's and thereby cause some grade deflation...
Another option is to create a new grade for the 13 slot...
Feldman says neither of these proposals are seen as solutions to grade inflation, although creating a new grade might combat grade compression--which is when professors have fewer grading options to distinguish between students at the top of the spectrum...