Students might get to see contextualized grades on their transcripts after the idea was originally proposed more than a year ago. The new format will appear on students’ unofficial transcripts as a pilot program for one year. The program changes student transcripts by displaying the letter grade as well as the median grade for the course. Contextualized grading is a tactic used to help minimize grade inflation, which is a problem at universities across the country. The Educational Policy Committee will hold a meeting Friday that aims to finalize the delayed decision for the use of contextualized grading.

Source: The Daily Tar Heel