In regard to Jim Bell's comment below, does anyone know of any study or
article relating validity or reliability of student ratings of teaching
to student GPA? I do know some of the (enormous volume of) research on
student ratings--and I'd be grateful for any leads on this specific
topic.
Thanks
James Brown
[snip]
> > Evaluation: When we brought a big-name evaluator to one of my former
> > institutions to help us design a student-evaluation-of-courses
system, he
> > said that we should not pay much attention to student evaluations
unless
> > student GPA was included.
>
> > Jim Bell
>
> Pretty scary thought, hmm? Rather like only allowing the well-fed to
> choose the menu.
>
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