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Putting Grades in ContextTalia R. BarCornell University - Department of Economics Vrinda KadiyaliCornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management Asaf ZussmanHebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics September 22, 2009 Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 26-09 Abstract: Concerns over grade inflation and the profusion of high grades have led institutions of higher education in the United States to adopt various grading reforms. An element common to several prominent reforms is providing information on the distribution of grades in different courses. The main aims of such “grades in context” policies are to make grades more informative to transcript readers and to curb grade inflation. We provide a simple model to demonstrate that such policies can have complex effects on atterns of enrollment and student ability distributions. These effects may in turn lower the informativeness of some transcripts, increase the average grade, and lower welfare
Number of Pages in PDF File: 46 Keywords: grades in context, grade inflation, information, course selection, higher education JEL Classification: I21 working papers seriesDate posted: May 21, 2009 ; Last revised: October 9, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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