Category: Grade Inflation
Parents trust report cards more than test scores — with consequences for kids
by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report February 23, 2026 Most parents want to help their children succeed. We check report […]
February 23, 2026
Easy A’s, lower pay: Grade inflation’s hidden damage
by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report February 9, 2026 For more than three decades, grades in American schools and colleges […]
February 9, 2026
What grade inflation panics miss about the real value of higher education
Cloaks swish. Cameras flash. It’s graduation day, the culmination of years of effort. It celebrates learning journeys whose outcomes have […]
January 26, 2026
The grade inflation mutant algorithm, 2026
The publication of the Office for Students’ annual data set on degree classifications and grade inflation was initially scheduled for […]
January 16, 2026
Walk on by: the dilemma of the blind eye
by Dennis Sherwood Forty years on… I don’t remember much about my experiences at work some forty-odd years ago, but […]
December 17, 2025
Algorithms aren’t the problem. It’s the classification system they support
The Office for Students (OfS) has published its annual analysis of sector-level degree classifications over time, and alongside it a […]
November 6, 2025