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Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 13:28 UTC

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation https://www.nber.org/papers/w34952
"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces a student's future test scores, the likelihood of graduating from high school, college enrollment, and ultimately earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation reduces the likelihood of being held back and increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects. The cumulative impact is economically significant: a teacher with one standard deviation higher average #gradeInflation reduces the present discounted value of lifetime earnings of their students by $213,872 per year"
#LaborEcon #wages #Incentives

#gradeinflation #laborecon #wages #incentives

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 13:28 UTC

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation https://www.nber.org/papers/w34952
"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces a student's future test scores, the likelihood of graduating from high school, college enrollment, and ultimately earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation reduces the likelihood of being held back and increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects. The cumulative impact is economically significant: a teacher with one standard deviation higher average #gradeInflation reduces the present discounted value of lifetime earnings of their students by $213,872 per year"
#LaborEcon #wages #Incentives

#gradeinflation #laborecon #wages #incentives

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 13:28 UTC

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation https://www.nber.org/papers/w34952
"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces a student's future test scores, the likelihood of graduating from high school, college enrollment, and ultimately earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation reduces the likelihood of being held back and increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects. The cumulative impact is economically significant: a teacher with one standard deviation higher average #gradeInflation reduces the present discounted value of lifetime earnings of their students by $213,872 per year"
#LaborEcon #wages #Incentives

#gradeinflation #laborecon #wages #incentives

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 13:28 UTC

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation https://www.nber.org/papers/w34952
"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces a student's future test scores, the likelihood of graduating from high school, college enrollment, and ultimately earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation reduces the likelihood of being held back and increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects. The cumulative impact is economically significant: a teacher with one standard deviation higher average #gradeInflation reduces the present discounted value of lifetime earnings of their students by $213,872 per year"
#LaborEcon #wages #Incentives

#incentives #wages #laborecon #gradeinflation

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 13:28 UTC

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation https://www.nber.org/papers/w34952
"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces a student's future test scores, the likelihood of graduating from high school, college enrollment, and ultimately earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation reduces the likelihood of being held back and increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects. The cumulative impact is economically significant: a teacher with one standard deviation higher average #gradeInflation reduces the present discounted value of lifetime earnings of their students by $213,872 per year"
#LaborEcon #wages #Incentives

#gradeinflation #laborecon #wages #incentives

gallaugher @[email protected] · 2024-07-04 · 15:20 UTC

It's up to faculty to step up and create an environment that raises a bar, yes, but also exposes that bar and lifts up as many as possible to get over that bar. Higher ed is a ladder to the American dream, not a weed-out factory for those who have had a high school head start. Don't drop standards, but do widen the talent funnel and invest in the success of everyone who enters. #HigherEd #STEM #Education #GradeInflation #Tech #Employment (4/4)

#highered #stem #education #gradeinflation #tech #employment

gallaugher @[email protected] · 2024-07-04 · 15:20 UTC

It's up to faculty to step up and create an environment that raises a bar, yes, but also exposes that bar and lifts up as many as possible to get over that bar. Higher ed is a ladder to the American dream, not a weed-out factory for those who have had a high school head start. Don't drop standards, but do widen the talent funnel and invest in the success of everyone who enters. #HigherEd #STEM #Education #GradeInflation #Tech #Employment (4/4)

#highered #stem #education #gradeinflation #tech #employment

gallaugher @[email protected] · 2024-07-04 · 15:20 UTC

It's up to faculty to step up and create an environment that raises a bar, yes, but also exposes that bar and lifts up as many as possible to get over that bar. Higher ed is a ladder to the American dream, not a weed-out factory for those who have had a high school head start. Don't drop standards, but do widen the talent funnel and invest in the success of everyone who enters. #HigherEd #STEM #Education #GradeInflation #Tech #Employment (4/4)

#highered #stem #education #gradeinflation #tech #employment

gallaugher @[email protected] · 2024-07-04 · 15:20 UTC

It's up to faculty to step up and create an environment that raises a bar, yes, but also exposes that bar and lifts up as many as possible to get over that bar. Higher ed is a ladder to the American dream, not a weed-out factory for those who have had a high school head start. Don't drop standards, but do widen the talent funnel and invest in the success of everyone who enters. #HigherEd #STEM #Education #GradeInflation #Tech #Employment (4/4)

#employment #tech #gradeinflation #education #stem #highered

gallaugher @[email protected] · 2024-07-04 · 15:20 UTC

It's up to faculty to step up and create an environment that raises a bar, yes, but also exposes that bar and lifts up as many as possible to get over that bar. Higher ed is a ladder to the American dream, not a weed-out factory for those who have had a high school head start. Don't drop standards, but do widen the talent funnel and invest in the success of everyone who enters. #HigherEd #STEM #Education #GradeInflation #Tech #Employment (4/4)