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In order to study the extent of it a survey was conducted in about 400 colleges and universities, interviewing the students and the outcome is the feeling that Something is amiss”. It was seen that those who received A were about fifty percent, about 18% high since 1968. It is the outcome of heavy pressures put on the teachers by pupils and parents.

They have only one desire, and that is to get admission in the reputed colleges. This is an alarming situation, because no one is aware what is at stake. They seem to be ignorant of the future challenges.

Apart from the pressures, being put by the students and parents, on the teachers for getting higher grade, the students also resort to other ways of presenting themselves as good. Cheating has become common. The availability of information and knowledge through internet has been tempting students to download them easily and submit them to the teachers as their own work. Then the habit of outsourcing the assignments are on the rise. It has been noticed, says Sullivan, that while the senior’s grade climbed the SAT score remains unchanged. This trend, he found, started increasing since the 199s. The reasons for this could be the rise in the people from middle income group becoming aware of the “hard-to-get” colleges. They try to send their wards to such reputed places. Also, their “discretionary income” enables them to pay more. He quotes the board’s vice president, Wayne J. Camara, who said that ‘‘Everyone cant get As”.

The author believes that the days of grading system is over. Learning is going to be high and constant. Grades or no grades, the students constantly make advancement in their knowledge. He feels “In 21st Century Schools, students will begin each days learning exactly where s/he left off the day before and move forward at a pace that ensures mastery of each lesson, being neither rushed nor held back by