This weekend's edition of the NY Times included the Education Life section, which had an interesting opinion piece about how a private company used the Freedom of Information Act to successfully force professors at one state university to reveal the grade distributions for their courses.
>From the article: "The company is in the process of uploading the grades on CourseRank.com , a class planning Web site that Chegg acquired in August. Students who register for CourseRank will be able to take into account a professor’s grade distribution, along with peer reviews and ratings, when deciding whether to take a class". http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/education/edlife/09notebook-t.html?_r=1&ref=edlife The piece raises a number of questions: Will students begin to make course section selections based on the instructor's grading profile? Does this approach further encourage grade inflation? Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7814 or send a blank email to leave-7814-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
