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grade inflation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
grade in-fla-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.

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What does grade inflation mean?
A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.

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