Cornell University’s Online Median Grade Reports Confirm a Culture of Low Standards for Education Majors
4th September 2011
In a new AEI Education Outlook “Grade Inflation for Education Majors and Low Standards for Teachers: When Everyone Makes the Grade,” University of Missouri economist Cory Koedel reports that grades awarded to education students at America’s universities are considerably higher than grades in every other academic discipline. What makes those findings especially striking is that education majors score significantly lower on standardized college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT than students majoring in other academic areas like science, business, social sciences and humanities. In other words, it’s a case of the least academically qualified college students getting the highest grades and GPAs on campus.
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.