Usually means: Increasing average grades over time.
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  1. grade inflation: Merriam-Webster
  2. grade inflation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. grade inflation: Wiktionary
  4. grade inflation: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. grade inflation: Dictionary.com
  6. Grade inflation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. grade inflation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. grade inflation: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  9. grade inflation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (grade inflation)

noun:  (education) A gradual upward trend in grades awarded to students during the decades since the mid-20th century, reported in a number of countries and at a number of levels of schooling and sometimes offered as evidence of a decline in academic standards.

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