How to Use grade inflation in a Sentence

grade inflation

noun

• Academic researchers say that uptick is a sign of grade inflation, not of smarter students.
  — Melissa Korn, WSJ, 2 July 2018
• But this isn’t some early debate and this scorecard doesn’t believe in grade inflation.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2020
• This often does lead to dropping out, to a watering down of standards, grade inflation and other pathologies of the modern era.
  — Richard Vedder, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• In fact, Reed is renowned for an absence of grade inflation that reflects the rigor of our academic program and the high standards set by the faculty.
  — WSJ, 15 Feb. 2021
• Teachers’ unions and politicians have complained of grade inflation.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 19 Aug. 2020
• Visible acts of dadliness are subject to a kind of social grade inflation that Gomez is savvy to utilize.
  — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• In Prince George’s County, the school system has been roiled by allegations of grade inflation and unauthorized pay raises.
  — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2018
• One of the biggest stumbling blocks is whether all applicants should be required to take an entrance exam to safeguard against grade inflation or whether the use of test scores should be optional.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2021
• Don’t be fooled by the grade inflation rampant at the fancier (read: most selective) institutions.
  — Michael S. Roth, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2017
• That university and our country have made great strides since, despite our being unable, 126 years later, to shed fears of grade inflation.
  — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2020
• But some educators are wary that going test-optional would spark even more grade inflation as high school teachers could be pressured to award more As.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
• College completion rates have been increasing since 1990, which a study last year by Brigham Young and Purdue professors linked to grade inflation.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
• Several years ago, many began believing that grade inflation had gone too far.
  — Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• This situation is guaranteed to engineer grade inflation for mediocre work as the pool of titles shrinks.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2020
• Transcripts and diplomas don’t carry much weight for many employers, as grade inflation has reduced the worth of a cumulative grade point average.
  — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
• As high-school GPAs continue to go up because of grade inflation, having the common measure provided by admissions test scores is useful.
  — Nathan Kuncel and, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2018
• But high-school GPA is subject to grade inflation, so colleges will always need to include a more-objective measure of academic aptitude alongside it.
  — Preston Cooper, National Review, 21 May 2021
• The school will still take a holistic approach to every applicant, looking at grades, test scores and life experience – although Schmill also suggested there’s quite a bit of grade inflation going on out there.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
• At the same time, college admissions officers warn, grade inflation is real, as is variability among schools and grading systems.
  — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2021
• Universities need to strengthen their academic standards before grade inflation gets out of hand.
  — WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
• Conservatives are under the impression that the discrepancy between grade level and skill is due to grade inflation and that the attempt to end the gifted programs is based on identity politics.
  — Rafi Eis, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
• This trend of grade inflation—the gradual increase in average GPAs over the past few decades—is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.
  — Jeffrey Selingo, The Atlantic, 29 June 2018
• This could explain why grade inflation is more acute in the humanities and social sciences, where teaching positions are more precarious.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
• Ask anyone, but especially those in education, about grade inflation and you’re likely to get strong responses.
  — Derek Newton, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Proponents say the tests help identify hidden academic potential and provide a useful check against grade inflation.
  — Nick Anderson Washington Post, Star Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
• To give one example, high graduation or retention rates are great, but they can be dishonestly achieved by simply engaging in grade inflation.
  — Richard Vedder, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Higher education is in a lot of trouble, barely kept on track by massive price increases, grade inflation that keeps the mostly inattentive customers sedated, and a class of academic serfs, called adjuncts, who work for meager wages.
  — John Leo, WSJ, 18 July 2018
• At my college the opposite has been true compared with high schools, where instead of withholding merit from talented students, grade inflation aims to reward mediocre students by boosting their grades to create grade equity.
  — WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023
• Students can't get their transcripts until Kennedy's grade inflation investigation ends.
  — Diana Samuels, nola.com, 21 June 2019
• Standardized tests are especially important in a time of severe grade inflation, especially in more affluent high schools.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 July 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024