Grade Inflation Essay Grade inflation, or social promotion, is a practice in schools that is becoming lass popular because of some restrictions by the law to use this methodology. Grade inflation is when teachers promote students to a higher grade even though they are under their ability level for that grade. According to Albert Shanker, President of The American Federation of Teachers, in an article from ¡§Where We Stand¡¨ called Passing on Failure, he mentions …showed first 75 words of 309 total…

…showed last 75 words of 309 total…school. President Clinton wanted to stop social promotion, as said in his State of the Union address to the nation. (Westchester Institute) Some ways to help resolve this problem is, „« Smaller schools/¡¨housing¡¨ „« Smaller classes „« Multi-age classrooms „« Multi-year advisory structures „« Block scheduling (Westchester Institute) As proven in the past, the social promotion has always been a threat but is also trying to be resolved for the best education the country can give to the citizens.