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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If more than half the kids in a class get an A, there is grade inflation.  And yes, I understand that there is grade inflation everywhere.  Everyone gets a trophy.[/quote]

But one could infer from such a cynical remark that you don’t believe those As are earned.

[b]The purpose of primary and secondary education is to teach mastery of material. It’s not to generate a bell curve where top grades are rationed. [/b]Thinking about top grades as a commodity in this way is bizarre and antiquated. It’s literally Ok if half the class gets and A, even if they get to have retakes the like — because it demonstrates they learned the material. Which is the purpose of education. It’s not a race to learn the material “first” and it’s not like someone had to be “best” at it. [/quote]

You win the internet for today. [/quote]

They should lose the internet for today.  What studies show is that grades have gone up at the same time that mastery of material has declined.  The value of grades to accurately reflect mastery is therefore diminishing.

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-new-evidence-of-high-school-grade-inflation/[/quote]

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