On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Tim Daly, the CEO of Ed Navigator, joins Mike to discuss the causes and harms of grade inflation—and how to fix it. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study that investigates whether exposure to certain peers and teachers explains achievement gains resulting from enrollment in early algebra.

Recommended content:

• “Grade inflation is locking in learning loss, part one” —Tim Daly, The Education Daly
• “How to fix grade inflation” —Tim Daly, The Education Daly 
• Quentin Brummet et al., “Early Algebra Affects Peer Composition,” Annenberg Institute at Brown University (November 2023).

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