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definition is that grade patterns change so that the overwhelming majority of students in a class, college, or university receive higher grades for the same quantity and quality of work done by students in the past
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less well known version of grade inflation is "content deflation" where students receive the same grades as students in the past but with less work required and less learning
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Factors such as student effort, student persistence, student improvement, and class attendance count in favor of the students who possess these desirable characteristics
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faculty member who believes that grades are a vehicle to please students rather than to recognize and reward performance will tend to give higher grades
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Similarly a professor less willing to distinguish superior work from good or average work will tend to impart an upward bias to grades
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large number of non-traditional students, and a large number of working students all tempt professors to lower their expectations by reducing the number of textbooks
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current trend for classroom assessment by external authorities as an attempt to obtain again meaningful feedback on the quality of student performance.
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use of just five categories of grades (A-F) has, in the minds of some, contributed to overall grade inflation