How Using a Restricted Grading Range Distorts GPAs and Disproportionately Penalizes Low-Performing Students

This study evaluates how combining multiple grading practices and policies designed to promote excellence, differentiate among high-performing students, or prevent grade inflation at an elite institution affects GPA outcomes for low-performing students. The author evaluated archived performance data...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth Leigh Wetzler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
Subjects:
GPA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feduc.2019.00023/full