Did SAT Unmask Grade Inflation?

Reblogged from Curmudgucation

Did SAT Unmask Grade Inflation?
The story was carried by USA Today and rapidly picked up by much of the Kids These Days press– the good people at the College Board have discovered rampant grade inflation as illuminated by the SAT, as witnessed by variations on this lede:

Recent findings show that the proportion of high school seniors graduating with an A average — that includes an A-minus or A-plus — has grown sharply over the past generation, even as average SAT scores have fallen.

Like many education stories, this puts some thin[g]s together that have nothing to do with each other. Let’s pull apart the pieces, shall we?

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