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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could also be TO and weaker admissions standards for “prestige” universities. It’s not just the pandemic. [/quote]

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OP - this has been thrashed out in previous pages. Recent Research suggests that GPAs are much stronger predictors for college preparedness than test scores.

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Nope. That data is old and before such serious grade inflation, and being able to make countless test corrections and hand in late assignments for credit, etc.

I agree, in the past a high GPA meant something.  It really doesn't anymore when you have a high school class with 250 valedictorians, and they are getting 1-3 on their AP exams (which they don't submit).[/quote]

OP - is 2020 considered old research now?

Coukd you please link to credible research showing that grade inflation is a wide spread problem affecting college preparedness? How can the AP exams and grades be inflated since there they are graded under tightly controlled mechanisms?

Most of the professors (it sounds like at the 4 year colleges) reported that they are not seeing much difference in college preparedness  except in terms of 
- executive functioning, being late, handing in work late
- mental health issues 
- some writing skills.

However a professor teaching at community college (and we have amazing community college where we live) said her/ his students  are lacking in critical thinking skills due multiple choice question based  teaching. I wonder whether that is an indicator of students from lower income families without as many resources to support learning. I wonder whether that improves over time and especially if they transfer to 4 year colleges. [/quote]

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