"Widespread Grade Inflation" - not where expected

[ucbalumnus]

Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/17/easy-a-nearly-half-hs-seniors-graduate-average/485787001/

That article contains the following:

@Greg Toppo in USA Today

Actually, they said, the upward creep is most pronounced in schools with large numbers of white, wealthy students. And its especially noticeable in private schools, where the rate of inflation was about three times higher than in public schools.