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grade inflation

The correct spelling is grade inflation.

How to pronounce grade inflation

noun

Say it like: Gra-de -inf-las-hon

The correct spelling is grade inflation. A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and…

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noun

  1. 1.A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.

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