Course evaluation forms ‘not read properly by students’

This academic year has seen a rash of articles in the popular and pseudo-scientific press about the uselessness of student ratings of instruction and/or course evaluations. It’s been shown time and again that student voice matters if we ask good questions and take the time to listen. In a couple of blog posts, IDEA's research team addressed the 2014 Stark and Freishtat article, discounting, with research, many of the claims made. We invite your readers to take a look at "An Evaluation of 'An Evaluation of Course Evaluations' Part I" and "An Evaluation of 'An Evaluation of Course Evaluations' Part II" at IDEAedu.org/ideablog. Ken Ryalls, Ph.D. President, IDEA (submitted by C.Torgersen, PR Specialist, IDEA)