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.” ...

High school grade inflation is one factor concealing—and probably contributing to—declining student readiness for college. An ACT analysis of grades given by teachers to high school students ...

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 ...

After more than 20 years of trying, Duval County schools earned the district’s first countywide “A” grade for student achievement in the 2024-25 school year, state officials announced July 7.

Starting high school is a big transition, and it turns out, the ninth grade a pivotal moment for teens’ potential success or failure in high school. At Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California, ...