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The Problem with Grade Inflation

Discovery College Consulting

According to research from Yale professor Ray Fair, which appeared in The New York Times this past December, the percentage of students receiving A’s at Yale increased from 67.23% in 2010 to 78.97% in 2022. The post The Problem with Grade Inflation appeared first on Discovery College Consulting.

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Aiming for Ivies? Straight A’s Are an Advantage, But Not a Guarantee

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A recent webinar from test prep and tutoring company Applerouth addressed these issues. In it, Jed Applerouth, the company’s founder and an educational psychologist, shared the following data from ACT: in 2010, the average cumulative GPA was 3.22. In 2021, it was 3.39. The post Aiming for Ivies?

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Weekly Update: April 2

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ACT OFFERS SHORTER (EXPERIMENTAL) TEST Students taking the June ACT will have the option to participate in a pilot offering , with fewer questions and more time per question. This is part of a study, and we do NOT recommend this to our students because their test prep has been geared towards the traditional version of the test.

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