According to the Department of Education, the average high school grade point average was 2.68 in 1990. By 2016, it had risen to 3.38 , with the biggest inflation occurring in private independent ...

The grade inflation prompted the head of the Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the Department of Education, to post a warning on the agency’s website, “Education Runs on Lies.” ...

Why grade inflation is spreading from high school to college — and how it hurts learning Students on the Harvard University campus. Pressure to improve graduation rates is contributing to ...