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Changes in high school grading standards in mathematics, 1982-1992 /

(Number (ISBN

0833030736

(Number (ISBN

9780833030733

Number

b766779

Title Proper

Changes in high school grading standards in mathematics, 1982-1992 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Daniel Koretz, Mark Berends.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Santa Monica, CA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Rand,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 81 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

"MR-1445-CB"--Page 4 of cover.

Text of Note

"Prepared for the College Entrance Examination Board."

Text of Note

"RAND Education."

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81).

Text of Note

Observers recently have maintained that grades in secondary andpostsecondary institutions have become inflated. Grade inflation would betroubling to many K-12 educators and policymakers but this possibility is anespecially serious concern to many colleges and universities because suchinflation could bias their admissions decisions and make it increasinglydifficult for them to distinguish among high-achieving students. This studyexamines this possibility by evaluating changes in high school gradingstandards across the nation as a whole from 1982 to 1992. The authorsexamined not only changes in the grade distribution over time but alsochanges in the educational system and in the characteristics of the studentpopulations. They investigated how grades have varied between males andfemales, minorities and nonminorities, and poor and rich students; trends ingrading standards across types of schools; relationships between grades andstudent performance on achievement tests; and the influence on grades ofchanges in tested proficiency and course-taking. The authors detailedanalysis concluded that no such grade inflation has taken place, at least inmathematics, over the study period.

Grading and marking (Students)-- Standards-- United States.

Mathematics-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- United States.

EDUCATION-- Educational Policy & Reform-- General.

Grading and marking (Students)-- Standards.

Mathematics-- Study and teaching (Secondary)

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Children's Studies.

United States.

7

EDU-- 034000

SOC-- 047000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Koretz, Daniel M.

Berends, Mark,1962-

College Entrance Examination Board.

Rand Corporation.

Rand Education (Institute)

Date of Transaction

20201206120133.0

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[Book]

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