A New Explanation for Grade Inflation the Long-Term Development of German University Grades

Autor/inn/en	Müller-Benedict, Volker; Gaens, Thomas
Titel	A New Explanation for Grade Inflation the Long-Term Development of German University Grades
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 10 (2020) 2, S.181-201 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2020.1718516
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Grade Inflation; Grading; Educational Trends; Universities; College Students; Labor Market; Preservice Teachers; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Notengebung; Schulnote; Bildungsentwicklung; University; Universität; Collegestudent; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Deutschland
Abstract	This article analyses a number of trends in final exam results at selected German universities. Our research covers 12 prominent fields of study from 1960 to 2010. Data prior to 1997 were collected from eight university archives. The first part of the article descriptively presents long-term stable differences between fields of study as well as between universities offering courses in the same fields of study, portraying how grade improvement and cyclical dynamics appear. Using time-series methods, part two analytically reveals a relationship between the numbers of examinations and the level of grades. This relationship differs for two different categories of fields of study: those with a strong dependence on a common nationwide job market and those which are not related to a specific job market. For both groups, grade inflation can be explained by the observation that the cyclic dynamics of grading tends to be stronger for improvement than for worsening. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01