Column: Grade inflation and the cost of low expectations

Column: Grade inflation and the cost of low expectations

Retired superintendent Curt Dubost. – In 2020, the UC Board of Regents, against the advice of many, chose to eliminate standardized test scores such as the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) as criteria for admissions decisions. Although the justifications were several, there is no doubt that it was an attempt to increase the enrollment of students with high grades but low scores, many of whom had graduated from “underrepresented” high schools. In 2…