Grade Inflation: Problems and Solutions

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Grade InflationProblems and Solutions

• Group 8
• Diane, Audrey, Carl, Jill, Mark, Estelle

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Critique of Princeton model

• Not based on mastery of material, or any other
  criteria for excellence
• Limits student excellence
• Arbitrary competition not cooperation

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What do these mean to you?

• Great ?
• OK ?
• Needs work ?
• Bad ?
• We need to focus on performance criteria, not
  grades.
• Need to define excellence.

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Our Solution Department Specific Qualifiers.

• Each faculty member submits the descriptors of
  what would be considered excellence, etc.
• Rubrics evaluated by department committee.
• Qualifiers would then be shared with students in
  major / department faculty.
• Norm rubric by having faculty members evaluating
  samples of student work.