PSAT-related scores increase across most racial groups, grade levels

09/28/2017
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By Richard Bammer (The Reporter). The first two years of PSAT-related results, released Tuesday, show an increase in student performance across nearly all racial and ethnic groups and grade levels. Between the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, average math and reading and writing scores increased, and a greater percentage of students were on track for […]

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New Study: Grade Inflation & College Admissions

08/04/2017
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(Inside Higher Ed.)  by Scott Jaschik.   Numerous studies have documented grade inflation in colleges. A study being released today shows that grades are going up in high schools — in ways that may raise issues for college admissions systems that rely on high school grade point averages. The study also shows that many schools — […]

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