GRADE INFLATION. Atlantic Blog and Highered Intelligence both link to a Washington Post editorial by a Duke professor lamenting yet again the phenomenon of inflated grades (or marks, if you will.)

Methinks my colleagues do protest too much. There is something to be said for grading in a traditional manner, word gets out, and the high-achievers register. There is also something to be said for taking a tough-minded approach: Think of yourself as being in a room full of aces. You might be an ace yourself. But if you don't perform, you won't make ace.