MetaTOC stay on top of your field, easily

Measuring Grading Standards at High Schools: A Methodological Contribution, an Example, and Some Policy Implications

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Published online on

Abstract

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Volume 48, Issue 1, Page 293-316, March 2026.
At schools with low grading standards, students receive higher school-awarded grades across multiple courses than students with the same skills receive at schools with high grading standards. I show school grading standards vary substantially, enough to ...