That represents the increase in the percentage of A grades given out by college instructors since the 1960's. For another way of looking at the researchers' data, they produced showing how grading ...

The college majors that tend to lead to the most profitable professions are also the stingiest about awarding A's. Science departments grade, on a four-point scale, an average of 0.4 points lower ...

Grades are up, standardized test scores down. High school students’ grade point averages, or GPAs, in core academic subjects English and math rose steadily between 2010 and 2021, even as ACT ...

The college is changing its grading scale, beginning in the 2013-14 academic year, to be more in line with other institutions -- notably graduate schools, said Jeffrey Palmer, media relations ...

Their data shows that while just 15 percent of grades were A's in 1960, they now account for 43 percent today. Those who have bemoaned the steady raise of GPAs at universities in the U.S. now have ...