Persuasive Essay On Grade Inflation

Chris Matos Suero

Mr. Schad

English 10 period 2-7

22 may 2018

Grade inflation on the raise!

In America many as to a record high percentage of 47% of High School seniors graduate with an A, although having a greater percentage of individuals getting good to great grades makes the A less especial, also by the great number of A graduates many don’t do as well in standardized test, really questioning the A’s earned. The definition of grade inflation is “the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations but also a rise in the average

It's very possible high schools are handing out more A's than deserved, or the curriculum is getting easier, thereby creating an environment in which students think they're doing okay when in fact they're being set up to arrive at college unprepared.”in many colleges and high schools grade inflation is on a rise. Although it’s a positive for students to get better grades, the real question with this grades is are students really learning. Due to certain factors it’s debatable that higher grades can also lead to something worse. What’s that you may ask, first of all If so many students are getting this great grades how special is for example an A if more than half of your class is getting it. Like if students are succeeding in the classroom why would students have lower test grades. But most importantly how can we determine that this awarded grades aren’t gender specific, ethnicity specific, or even financially specific. Before inflation today, back in the day inflation was used to keep students from getting drafted into the war. But having this flawed since the beginning only allowed for inflation to increase. Although times has changed and students aren’t in any position of treat to their life’s as military draft or any of such nature therefore grade inflation really isn’t necessary but yet occurring. “there is the question whether grade inflation matters, even if it is real. Elaine Allensworth, the

Like many problems and obstacles grade inflation has a solution towards its abolishment. As a solution, the team recommended a return to class rank, which many schools have abandoned in recent years. Rankings could help admissions officers tell a lot more about a student based on where the rest of the student body falls. Although this process seems quite individualized and creates more pressure to students it still helps the students focus more on their individual achievement rather then count on your mates. But a downside to this is that it may create interior turmoil between students, as this may create a successful students vibe negative to others students who are then secondary to them. Change comes with drastic consequences, if inflation where to be changed and abolish, and ranks where given to students many students could be targeted due to just their rank making this process highly competitive, but also dangerous, if students of B rank where to unite against their superiors which in this case will be the A rank. “What has been suggested as a replacement is a supplementary weighted GPA (WGPA), developed at the lowest level, in each individual course. WGPA = (Students GPA awarded for the course) / (Class average GPA)”(medium.com) a process of such really help the students and colleges know how well they are individually doing compare to their