Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Measuring grade inflation: A clinical grade discrepancy score. |
| Authors: |
Paskausky, Anna L.1,2 paskausa@bc.edu, Simonelli, M. Colleen1 colleen.simonelli@bc.edu |
| Source: |
Nurse Education in Practice. Jul2014, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p374-379. 6p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Universities & colleges, *Statistical correlation, *Documentation, *Educational tests & measurements, *Educators, *Research methodology, *Nursing education, *Nursing school faculty, *Rating of students, *Occupational roles, *National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, Statistical sampling, Descriptive statistics |
| Geographic Terms: |
New England |
| Abstract: |
Grade inflation presents pedagogical and safety concerns for nursing educators and is defined as a "greater percentage of excellent scores than student performances warrant" (Speer et al., 2000, p. 112). This descriptive correlational study evaluated the relationship of licensure exam-style final written exams and faculty assigned clinical grades from undergraduate students (N = 281) for evidence of grade inflation at a private undergraduate nursing program in the Northeast of the United States and developed a new measurement of grade inflation, the clinical grade discrepancy score. This measurement can be used in programs where clinical competency is graded on a numeric scale. Evidence suggested grade inflation was present and the clinical grade discrepancy score was an indicator of the severity of grade inflation. The correlation between licensure-style final written exams and faculty assigned clinical grades was moderate to low at 0.357. The clinical grade discrepancy scores were 98% positive indicating likely grade inflation. Some 70% of clinical grade discrepancy scores indicated a difference of student licensurestyle final written exams and faculty assigned clinical grades of at least one full letter grade (10 points out of 100). Use of this new measure as a tool in exploring the prevalence of grade inflation and implications for patient safety are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
