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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]A good way to assess grade inflation is comparing public and private schools[/b]. On average public school kids have higher grades than their private school counterparts. One just grades easier than the other. That said, college admissions often weigh where an applicant is coming from.  [/quote]

No, it isn't. You are mixing apples and oranges in your comparison. Weighting GPAs by itself is not grade inflation. Students getting more A's in weighted AND non-weighted classes is grade inflation.

Academic research to date shows that grade inflation is highest among private schools and wealthy students.

See: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Measuring_Success/LudFDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/prep-schools-grades/
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/grade-inflation-is-greater-in-wealthier-schools-study-says/2017/08
https://www.justiceinschools.org/files/playpen/files/grade_inflation.pdf

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Those links are pre-pandemic and so irrelevant to the current situation. [/quote]

The OP asked about grade inflation, not what is happening during the pandemic. You don't want to accept that grade inflation has been a problem for over 20 years and focusing on weighted GPAs in public schools doesn't address the issue. You can't ignore pre-pandemic grading policies. Yes, the problem has increased in many schools because of pandemic grading policies but even that is not uniform as private and public schools across the nation responded differently to the pandemic from closing schools to only providing P/F grades. [b]Wealthy private AND suburban schools[/b] are at the center of the problem, not underperforming city or rural schools.

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You use the word "problem"

Yet again I ask: Where is evidence that this is causing problems, and for whom?[/quote]

Oh the “evidence lady” again  that wants to have out As to everyone.[/quote]

Oh the "can't support their claim at all" person who responds with pejoratives and strawman arguments because they have no evidence to support their claim.[/quote]

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