Reaction to Compton and Metheny (2000): "Assessment of grade inflation in higher education"

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 263-264

  Bearden, James ^a   Wolfe, Raymond N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; STANDARD;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0035257435     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.1.263     Document Type: Article

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4. STRENTA, A. C., & ELLIOTT, R. (1987) Differential grading standards revisited. Journal of Educational Measurement, 24, 281-291.
5. YOUNG, J. W. (1990) Adjusting the cumulative GPA using item response theory. Journal of Educational Measurement, 27, 175-186.