If uni marks are going up, does that mean there’s a problem?
- Written by Phillip Dawson, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
In 1894, Harvard University commissioned a report on grading standards, due to concerns that:
Grades A and B are sometimes given too readily – Grade A for work of no very high merit, and Grade B for work not far above mediocrity.
More than a century later, the fear of declining academic standards continues. In Australia, there are ongoing...
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