Mr. Davis is struggling with the grades of two students in his class. Diane, who performed poorly at the beginning of the term but rose to doing the same level of above-average work by the end of the term, and Melody, who began by doing above-average work and ended by doing the same level of above-average work. Mr. Davis isn't sure if both students deserve the same grade or not. With which of the following is Mr. Davis struggling?

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Mr. Davis is struggling with whether to value the relative improvement of Diane compared to the consistent above-average performance of Melody, which is a question of relative improvement versus absolute performance.

Mr Davis Is Struggling with the Grades of Two Students