Our colleagues on the Economix blog write today about a study that examined historical data on the letter grades awarded by more than 200 four-year colleges and universities. Their principal finding, according to Catherine Rampell, who wrote the post: “The share of A grades awarded has skyrocketed over the years.” Specifically, the researchers, Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy, find that “most recently, about 43 percent of all letter grades given were A’s, an increase of 28 percentage points since 1960 and 12 percentage points since 1988,” Ms. Rampell writes. The full blog post can be found here, and the study, published in the Teachers College Record, here.
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