June 8, 2007
Method of Using Student Evaluations to Assess Professors Is Flawed but Fixable, 2 Scholars Say
Student evaluations of instructors are deeply imperfect tools that are often misused by administrators, two scholars said last month at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science.
"At best, student ratings provide a weak measure of instructional quality," said Anthony G. Greenwald, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. "They're heavily influenced by grades, and they're also influenced by class size."
Mr. Greenwald analyzed the student
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