English Dictionary

grade inflation

名詞

不可算名詞

(education) 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.

日本語の意味

20世紀中頃以降、複数の国や教育段階で学生に与えられる成績が徐々に上昇している現象。評価基準の緩和が学力低下の兆候とされることもある。 / 学生の成績において、時間の経過とともに全体的な上昇傾向が見られる現象。

Many professors worry that grade inflation has made it harder to distinguish truly exceptional students from their peers.

多くの教授は、成績の水準上昇により本当に優秀な学生を同輩から見分けることが難しくなっていると懸念している。

意味（1）

(education) 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.

Grade inflation refers to an increase in grade point average without a concomitant increase in achievement.