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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Check SCHEV

WM last year: median GPA 4.3/ 75% ACT 34
Ten years ago: 4.1/32

UVA: was 4.24/ 32 ten years 
Now: 4.39/34

To get around the SAT argument.

Yes.  In-state is getting harder. [/quote]

Average high school GPAs have been going up.  Rampant grade inflation.  [/quote]

Source?[/quote]

You can look at the sources in this article.  Average high school GPA was 2.68 in 1990, rising to 3.38 in 2016.  I believe it has continued to rise since then.  [b]Grade inflation is most significant in more affluent areas.[/b]  Most common grade in high school is now an A.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/08/24/class-grade-inflation-high-school-teacher/8185250002/[/quote]

I take issue with this claim. The [i]average[/i] SAT scores for the entire graduating classes at schools like Langley & Whitman are in the 1280+ range (80th percentile nationally). Of course those high schools are going to have pretty high average GPAs. [/quote]

Statistical analysis shows that it is correct.  Grade inflation is most significant at more affluent schools.  Grade inflation simply means average grades are rising over time.

https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/research/grade-inflation-high-schools-2005-2016[/quote]

Just to clarify, more affluent school districts have higher average GPAs than less affluent school districts, AND the average GPAs at the more affluent school districts have been rising more over time than at less affluent school districts.  [/quote]

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