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[quote=Anonymous][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?

[b]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. 
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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]

This is now over 30% of each incoming class and getting higher...[/quote]

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