What to Do About Grade Inflation?

It is Sunday and I thought that offer an inspiring message to the parents of my astute educational site and as it would be lucky (or unlucky - depending on how you look at it), a cover story to the AJC (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) strikes my Attention! Easy Grades, failing entrants! The subtitle calls that begin more and more students to Georgia College in remedial classroom! It was here that my personal experience, family flashed before my eyes! And I immediatelyThought - yep! Grade inflation in Georgia has grown in each case on its head! Amounting to more than 25 million U.S. dollars, which ...

Grade inflation is the disparity between reported superior performance in class and what other scholastic placed in an academic situation or environment to the test. First signs can already in the school year if it found a discrepancy between the report card grades of a child (could proveexceptional performance) and his / her nationally normed standardized test results.

This immediately implies several questions! One, there is an inherent problem with the severity (or lack thereof) in the curricula of the state (as is the case here in Georgia), while another might be that a child shall suffer from anxiety-related tests. Still another could be a teacher unbiased opinion, which is a child - good or bad. If the teacher is impartial, the prospect could definitely hurt a childeither way. In AJC Article parents suggest that his son be held back from moving to the next class when the teacher explained that it would not be a good idea. The student was a good boy!

To the "uninformed" are a parent, a child home with stellar grades still gloomy test results would be no reason for alarm. The A and B are on the tasks and reports are that matters to them. But would the enlightened parents, the residue to act quickly and meetDiligence. I was immediately alarmed when I observed then fourth grade daughter of Stanford-Binet scores. It was an honor student - at a private school ... only two B's to earn the year they still scored "average" in almost every field of standardized test! Before anyone could protest, we pulled them out of the private school to homeschool with the intention to correct what has gone wrong terrible, that the previous years!

I do not believe in always seems to be particularlyHighlighted the "failure" of the public school system, including public school system offers us a free education. However, this debacle serves as a warning for parents to be vigilant and committed. Our parents can contribute an impact very different results in all matters relating to education - even on this issue.

Often, grade inflation is not detected, as in the article until the student enters college - was mentioned, and until then the stakes are much higher.Imagine the impact on your child's self-confidence if remedial college classes were a part of his college experience, after she recognized as the top student in school? Not to mention the additional costs incurred to achieve just to get to a point of operating on a college level.

Like many school districts already include standardized tests administered, pay, especially for your child's scores in relation to their current grades in classes, receive tasks,Homework and tests. If you feel a presence of grade inflation, indicate an urgent need for action to resolve the matter! Make it a point to talk with the teacher about the test results to an insight into the problem will get to actively seek a resolution. It could be a challenge with test taking skills, the school or the school curriculum, or even problems with the curriculum development of the state.

If your child is indeed experiencing a case of test-taking anxiety then it would be a good idea for the researchSuggestions on how to remedy this. There are many wonderful websites available to help. If the problem lies outside of the child, ie a school, school district or State Department of Education will then issue needs to be done more at home in order to "school-proof" your child. You may notice the school, school district or state results to the appropriate authorities in relation to any differences.

As for homeschooling parents - get the test results as a guide to decide on the lessons over the summer or teachduring the next school year or if it uses skills that need further development.

Ultimately, this is subject that deserves our greatest attention, and the sooner we as parents on the issue the better it will handle it for the academic future of your child!

Michelle Stafford-Brown, acceleration Specialist / Coach, Entrepreneur

Michelle has been providing education / acceleration tips for parents for more than a decade. It is both a parent to be 12 years old schoolT'ween student and student.