Maintaining Standards

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Maintaining Standards

• Group 5
• Phillip Conrad
• Jill Eaton-Evans
• Gary Gittings
• Donna Mastrianni
• Laura Sujo de Montes

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Grade Inflation

• Variety of stakeholders
• Debate over evidence
• SAT scores of entering students have declined
• One-third freshmen undertake at least one
  remedial reading, writing or mathematics course
  (Merrow, 2004)
• Increase in GPA over the past 10 yrs. (Washington
  Post, 2003).
• 90 of Ivy League students are graduating cum
  laude (Viksnins, 2002).
• Kohn Grade Inflation is a Myth (Chronicle of
  Higher Ed. 4911)

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Policy Implementation

• Central Administration
• The interpretation of grades is consistent across
  the university and over time.
• Direct Deans to certify
• Deans (College level)
• Ensure departmental standards are in line with
  University policy
• Administration provides resources for training
• Department chair
• Direct faculty to develop measurable means to
  differentiate between A thru F level work
• Ensure consistency of assessment across the same
  course
• Faculty at each department
• Develop measurable outcomes to identify A thru F
  quality work

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Stakeholders

• Deans
• Chairs
• Faculty
• Students
• Parents
• Employers