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> if pedagogical methods are getting better over time, then you should naturally expect grades to rise if standards stay the same That is literally the opposit
by dontlikeyoueith 2y ago
> if pedagogical methods are getting better over time, then you should naturally expect grades to rise if standards stay the same
That is literally the opposite of grade inflation.
Words mean actual things, and making up a completely different definition is asinine.
- Enginerrrd 2y agoI think this is overly dismissive and pedantic. The person you're replying to is speaking more broadly, and presenting a hypothetical model where we would expect to see something that looks ostensibly like grade inflation, but isn't. It's obvious that they understand this distinction, so I don't really believe your comment is all that constructive. In the context of the subject article, it certainly appears that there was a sudden change based on a test-grading change and thus score inflation is indeed what happened. However, it's still possible that the former panel-of-experts system was inadvertently a more relative grading system which was slowly adapting to better pedagogical methods and better performing students. For what it's worth, I consider this unlikely, but it's an idea worth considering rather than dismissing entirely.