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Increases in university admission averages are a function of multiple factors, most directly supply and demand. (Jennifer Kalenberg/Unsplash)

Is an A still an A? The truth behind grade inflation

Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario and Michael Holden, University of Winnipeg

Even when grades rise, we shouldn’t assume that every rise is unearned or indefensible. The full picture is messier than that.
Para guru dan profesor universitas sudah sangat bergantung pada tugas esai ‘sekali selesai’ selama beberapa dekade. Mengharuskan siswa untuk menyerahkan draf pekerjaan mereka adalah salah satu perubahan yang dibutuhkan. (Shutterstock)

ChatGPT dan kecurangan: 5 cara untuk mengubah cara penilaian siswa

Louis Volante, Brock University; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario, and Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato

Pendidik perlu mempertimbangkan dengan cermat ChatGPT dan perilaku curang untuk bergerak menuju sistem penilaian yang dapat memanfaatkan alat bantu AI.
Focusing on grades or scoring doesn’t help students learn and retain information and causes pressure and stress. (Unsplash/Elisa Ventur)

How ‘grade obsession’ is detrimental to students and their education

Nathan Rickey, Queen's University, Ontario; Andrew Coombs, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario, and Danielle LaPointe-McEwan, Queen's University, Ontario

Teachers in a study identify ‘grading obsession’ as a top challenge in education. Some are fighting back and dedicating class time to student self-assessment and peer assessment activities.
There are variations in school curricula, grading policies and practices and social, cultural and educational values that affect grading and schooling internationally. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Why universities need to look beyond grades when admitting international students

David Baidoo-Anu, Queen's University, Ontario; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario, and Liying Cheng, Queen's University, Ontario

Understanding complex and contextual differences in grading across cultures and countries is important. Only in doing so can we interpret student achievement based on grades in a fair and valid way.
Teachers and university professors have relied heavily on ‘one and done’ essay assignments for decades. Requiring students to submit drafts of their work is one needed shift. (Shutterstock)

ChatGPT and cheating: 5 ways to change how students are graded

Louis Volante, Brock University; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario, and Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato

Educators need to carefully consider ChatGPT and issues of academic integrity to move toward an assessment system that leverages AI tools.
Many people are wondering if COVID-19 could spell the end of university admission testing. Young people at the Autonomous University of Barcelona on July 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

University admissions tests like the SAT are under scrutiny especially in the age of COVID‑19

Louis Volante, Brock University; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario, and Don A. Klinger, University of Waikato

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated a growing shift to test-optional admissions policies or scrapping entrance tests altogether.
Large-scale literacy testing has not kept pace with how literacy is practiced in classooms, assessed by teachers and mandated by curriculum. tim gouw/unsplash

Testing literacy today requires more than a pencil and paper

Louis Volante, Brock University; Carol Campbell, University of Toronto; Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario; Jennifer Rowsell, Brock University, and Lorenzo Cherubini, Brock University

Are current forms of standardized literacy tests really measuring children’s capacity to read and interact with our rapidly-changing world?
Many classroom assessment strategies have a positive impact on student learning but, because they are not standardized, can also contribute to the problem of grade inflation. (Shutterstock)

Educators must commit now to tackle grade inflation

Louis Volante, Brock University and Christopher DeLuca, Queen's University, Ontario

Recent news that at least one Ontario university adjusts for grade inflation during the undergraduate application process is a call to action – for long-term educational change.

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