Michael Holden

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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

Even when grades rise, we shouldn’t assume that every rise is unearned or indefensible. The full picture is messier than that.
Plagiarism has been a major concern long before students could turn to artificial intelligence. A teacher and student view a plagiarism detection website in 2007 in Crown Point, Ind. (AP Photo/The Post-Tribune, Andy Lavalley)

AI‑detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift

If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.

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