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The heart of the loop: Reattempts without penalty

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

It leads to "grade inflation" It violates some kind of academic machismo code that views student assessment like competition in an arena. This seems to stem from a combination of two misplaced ideas about grades: that they are compensation , or that they are the result of a competition. Limit the frequency of reassessments.