How precisely would a website outside the university get our grade distribution data? Beyond the anecdotal reports of a few scattered students. Can they buy or steal such reports for whole classes or whole campuses? If so, that's pretty creepy!
<br><br>And, by the way, if a commercial website has such statistics, why don't we? Do we have access to an analysis of our grade spreads, relative to other teachers (as they do at some community colleges)? Should the self-policing Sandy mentioned have to be the result of a creepy website's input?
<br><br>Kate<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2008 9:53 PM, <<a href="mailto:sbaringer@hughes.net">sbaringer@hughes.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial">Pickaprof has actual quantitative data about grade
distributions, which is making more people nervous. You have to subscribe
for $10 a year to get access to the grade histories. I'm guessing that in
the long run, the publication of the grade data is more likely to result in
grade deflation than inflation, as the worst inflating offenders (many of them
tenured) become exposed to peers and administrators outside the direct
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