Unfounded Optimism: A Brief Guide to Grade Inflation in Educational Performance Management and Quality Assurance Systems (Masters of Teaching)

Mention grade inflation and most educationalists will immediately think of student examination results. However, grade inflation can exist wherever graded systems are used, resulting in an unduly optimistic view of performance.In this book, the authors examine grade inflation in those educational performance management and quality assurance systems that use grading systems. In particular, they look at grade inflation through the lens of graded lesson observations.The book defines grade inflation and examines how it arises. In addition, it identifies what enables grade inflation to grow undetected and the consequences, together with practical steps institutions can adopt to minimize its impact.

• • Author: Pat Samuel, Jonathan Hills
• • Publisher: Independently published
• • Publication Date: Jun 12, 2019
• • Number of Pages: 111 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1091876479
• • ISBN-13: 9781091876477