WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
grade′ infla′tion, 
  1. Education, Slang Termsthe awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
  • 1980–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
grade inflation n
  1. an apparently continual increase in numbers of students attaining high examination grades, or the practice of awarding grades in this way
'grade inflation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
gradeflation

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