Today’s “Word of the Day” is “grade inflation” and it is a noun meaning “a rise or increase in the average grade awarded to students either to maintain a school’s academic reputation or because of decreased teacher expectations”.
Example Sentence: But although teachers’ professionalism and integrity (honesty) will act as a brake on grade inflation, the pressure to push grades higher will be a logical outcome of the teacher-assessed solution to scrapping exams – particularly in a year when many students will likely be under-performing as a result of learning gaps. It makes schools’ data look better, it keeps parents happy, and – most importantly – it can only help their own students.
This word is present in The Guardian article England’s teachers will feel the pressure over student grades this summer and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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