In his latest Forbes article, Tom Lindsay discusses a bill being debated in the Texas legislature that would require public university transcripts to show average or median grades in each class. It’s a move that some argue could help combat grade inflation and create the national “gold standard of collegiate reporting.”

Over the past fifty years, the percentage of A’s given in college has tripled. Today, about 43 percent of all grades are A’s.

“As monetary inflation devalues the dollar, grade inflation debases the currency of education: student transcripts. Consequently, employers regularly complain that transcripts have become less-than-desirable indicators of genuine academic achievement,” writes Lindsay.

Easy A’s and puffed up GPAs, according to Lindsay, also diminish students’ ability to handle real-world criticism and the high demands of the workforce. It makes them soft.

“[Grade inflation] teaches them that, with minimal effort, they can…receive high grades. The result? New graduates, still sloshed from years of imbibing the heady brew of easy A’s, are frequently floored on their entry into the working world, where results matter, and where ‘participation’ alone is no guarantee of promotions or even of continued employment.”

Texas is not alone in its attempt to fight grade inflation. Columbia, Dartmouth, Indiana, Eastern Kentucky, and UNC-Chapel Hill, for example, have addressed or are planning to address the issue by adding context to transcripts.