“Thousands of Students Victims of Grade Inflation”

In the article we read in class, “Thousands of Students Victims of Grade Inflation”, by Nancy Mitchell she discusses the problem of grade inflation and how it affects students. In this paper, Mitchell gives examples of studies done about grade inflation and she gives a lot of peoples’ opinions about what it does to schools, students, and even teachers. Grade inflation is a problem in almost all schools. Every teacher has most likely given a student a boost on a test or quiz to help him or her out. Although grade inflation is a major problem, all schools are different and it will never be completely solved.

One main reason grade inflation happens is because of the differences in schools. In the article it states that at a Jacksonville high school the grading scale is 94 to 100 is an A and under a 69 is an F. At Lima Senior 90 to 100 is an A and 69 to 60 is a D. All schools operate differently and until every school functions exactly the same grade inflation will be a problem that will never be solved.

Grade inflation can be positive and it will never be solved as long as we have teachers with hearts. Teachers are people too. They have hearts and aren’t ruthless. If they see a student has worked really hard and needs one point to get an A in the class, it’s only natural for them to give the student that point and there’s nothing wrong with that. Helping a student out with just one or two points is not going to hurt them. It will actually boost their self-esteem and make them feel good about what they’re doing. Of course, giving a student an extra 20 points to help them out will hurt them badly and should never be done. All in all, grade inflation is a problem that will never fully be solved.