30 years ago when the University of Dayton first introduced student evals as a key to tenure and promotion, I warned them then it was a terrible idea.
It’s like you evaluating your doctor immediately after surgery, without knowing if the surgery was a success or not. The students simply lack proper information to do an analysis.
I always scored very high, one semester getting a 3.9 out of a 4.0. But I never thought student evals were meaningful.
Now they are coming back to bite the libs in the butt.
Grade inflation began about the same time as student evaluations began to be used. Maybe there is a connection.
“It’s like you evaluating your doctor immediately after surgery, without knowing if the surgery was a success or not. The students simply lack proper information to do an analysis.”
Back when I was in Jr High we were asked to evaluate our teachers. I gave one teacher a scathing evaluation. I hated the guy.
About the time of my 50th birthday I realised that teacher I so hated was actually the best teacher I EVER had.
Practical experience and time had given me the wisdom to properly evaluate my teachers.