Talk:Academic standards

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 April 2017 and 16 December 2017. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Wludwiko, Xulawiki, Eyhammer, Jtodd1973, Tia Smith, Rmlouis, Profemanley, Rrunia, Nwohao, Gfarudi, SherylKHaydel. Peer reviewers: Xulawiki.

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More Information Needed

Under the Assessment heading, it seems like additional information is needed to highlight the controversy associated with the methods of assessing academic achievement. Wludwiko (talk) 19:22, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

Missing Information

It seems like this needs to specify the level of education to which these standards refer or acknowledge that there are needs to be an additional k-12 academic standards page. Should there also be an acknowledgement that there are different public and private academic standars.Rrunia (talk) 20:17, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Also, maybe there needs to be clarity on how academic standards relate to curriculum and university/school expectations. Xulawiki (talk) 20:23, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

needs citation

"At colleges and universities, faculty are under increasing pressure from administrators to award students good marks and grades without regard for those students' actual abilities, both to keep those students in school paying tuition and to boost the schools' graduation rates." It seems like this needs a citation. Is this true? --Eyhammer (talk) 20:19, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

I've found the following citation, it mirrors the above mentioned statement: "While institutions are increasingly taking measures to combat grade inflation, there are several key pressures faculty members face when assigning grades, and these may cause us to feel uneasy or hesitant about immediately subscribing to a strict regimen of grade deflation." Eubanks, P. Why We Inflate Grades. Inside Higher Ed. August 9, 2011. Xulawiki (talk) 18:35, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Another statement needs a citation. "In the UK, degree awarding bodies themselves are responsible for standards in higher education, but these are checked during inspection by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)." Wludwiko (talk) 20:21, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

It seems like most of the sources refer to the UK and are perhaps biased. Rrunia (talk) 20:23, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Lead edits

The lead offers a definition but does not preview the organization of the article, which focuses on geographical analyses of academic standards. The second sentence lacks a source, which may come from the three sources posted after the third sentence. The third sentence also makes a claim, and while it cites three footnoted sources, does not clearly attribute the source within the text. Rmlouis (talk) 20:20, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Suggestions for Academic Standards Page

I think this article perhaps should be re-framed to refer to Academic Standards in Higher Education as it seems this is the focus of this page. One easy addition under the US section would be to add all the regional accreditation organizations. Profemanley (talk) 20:21, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Agreed that the article should be re-named given its current focus. Rmlouis (talk) 20:26, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Contradictory data

"Students often use course evaluations to criticize any instructor who they feel has been making the course too difficult, even if an objective evaluation would show that the course has been too easy." There is data that goes against this. --Eyhammer (talk) 20:21, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Here's a Chronicle article that refers to this issue: http://www.chronicle.com/article/Instagrim-Why-Social-Media/239983?cid=wcontentgrid Rrunia (talk) 20:25, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Canada

Academic standards in Canada

Gfarudi (talk) 20:24, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Content

Will academic standards in other countries be considered? Xulawiki (talk) 20:25, 15 May 2017 (UTC)xulawiki

Value Rubrics

It would be a great idea to discuss how Value Rubrics create clear and realistic objectives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SherylKHaydel (talk • contribs) 20:33, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Possible Sources

A possible source for information on Academic Standards in Higher Education is this UNESCO report: Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution: A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education. It discusses (among other things) the impact of "massification" on academic standards and can be found here: http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30910755/Altbach__Reisberg__Rumbley_Tracking_an_Academic_Revolution__UNESCO_2009.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1494895733&Signature=8P%2F9h78kTqQbTaKmy9VKiHaIwoc%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTrends_in_global_higher_education_Tracki.pdf Profemanley (talk) 23:57, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Comparison to student evaluations

Charles R. Emery; Tracy R. Kramer; Robert G. Tian (2003-03-01). "Return to academic standards: a critique of student evaluations of teaching effectiveness". Quality Assurance in Education. 11 (1): 37–46. doi:10.1108/09684880310462074. ISSN 0968-4883. --Editor B (talk) 14:32, 16 May 2017 (UTC)