Student grades and average ratings of instructional quality: The need for adjustment

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Ellis, Lee ^a   Burke, Donald M ^a   Lomire, Patricia ^a   McCormack, David R ^a  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grades; Grading leniency; Instructional quality; Teacher course evaluations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346897858     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670309596626     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Aigner, D. J., & Thum, F. D. (1986). On student evaluations of teaching ability. Journal of Economic Education, 17, 243-266.
2. Anikeeff, A. (1953). Factors affecting student evaluation of college faculty members. Applied Psychology, 37, 458-460.
3. Astin, A. W. (1997). The changing American college student: Thirty year trends, 1966-1996. Review of Higher Education, 21, 115-135.
4. Bausell, R. B., & Magoon, J. (1972). Expected grade in a course, grade point average, and student ratings of the course and the instructor. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 32, 1013-1023.
5. Bimbaum, R. (1977). Factors related to university grade inflation. Journal of Higher Education, 48, 519-539.
6. Blum, M. L. (1936). An investigation of the relation existing between students' grades and their ratings of the instructors' ability to teach. Journal of Educational Psychology, 27, 217-221.
7. Bonesronning, H. (1999). The variation in teachers' grading practices: Causes and consequences. Economics of Education Review, 18, 89-105.
8. Brown, D. L. (1976). Faculty-ratings and student grades: A university-wide multiple regression analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 573-578.
9. Carney, P., Isakson, R. L., & Ellsworth, R. (1978). An exploration of grade inflation and some related factors in higher education. College and University, 53, 217-230.
10. Chacko, T. I. (1983). Student rating of instruction: A function of grading standards. Education Research Quarterly, 8, 19-25.
11. Chandler, T. A. (1978). The questionable status of student evaluations of teaching. Teaching of Psychology, 5, 150-152.
12. Cohen, P. A. (1981). Student ratings of instruction and student achievement: A meta-analysis of multisection validity studies. Review of Educational Research, 51, 281-309.
13. Cohen, P. A. (1983). Comment on a selective review of the validity of student ratings of teaching. Journal of Higher Education, 54, 448-458.
14. Costin, F., Greenough, W. T., & Menges, R. J. (1971). Student ratings of college teaching: Reliability, validity, and usefulness. Review of Educational Research, 41, 511-535.
15. Decanio, S. J. (1986). Student evaluations of teaching-A multinominal logit approach. Journal of Economic Education, 17, 165-176.
16. Ditts, D. A. (1983). A statistical interpretation of student evaluation feedback. Journal of Economic Education, 14, 1-5.
17. Doyle, K. O., Jr., & Whitely, S. E. (1974). Student ratings as criteria for effective teaching. American Educational Research Journal, 11, 259-274.
18. DuCette, J., & Kenney, J. (1982). Do grading standards affect student evaluations of teaching? Some new evidence on an old question. Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 308-314.
19. Feldman, K. A. (1997). Identifying exemplary teachers and teaching: Evidence from student ratings. In R. P. Perry & J. C. Smart (Eds.), Effective teaching in higher education: Research and practice (pp. 368-395). New York: Agathon Press.
20. Gramlich, E. M., & Greenlee, G. A. (1993). Measuring teaching performance. Journal of Economic Education, 24, 3-12.
21. Greenwald, A. G. (1997). Validity concerns and usefulness of student ratings of instruction. American Psychologist, 52, 1182-1186.
22. Greenwald, A. G., & Gillmore, G. M. (1997). Grading leniency is a removable contaminant of student ratings. American Psychologist, 52, 1209-1216.
23. Gustad, J. W. (1967). Evaluation of teaching performance: Issues and possibilities. In C. B. T. Lee (Ed.), Improving college teaching. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
24. Hildebrand, M., Wilson, R. C., & Dienst, E. R. (1971). Evaluating student teaching. Berkeley: Center for Research and Development in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley.
25. Hocking, J. M. (1976). College students' evaluations of faculty are directly related to course interest and grade expected. College Student Journal, 10, 312-316.
26. Holmes, D. S. (1971). The relationship between expected grades and students' evaluations of their instructors. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 31, 951-957.
27. Howard, G. S., & Maxwell, S. E. (1980). Correlation between student satisfaction and grades: A case of mistaken causation? Journal of Educational Psychology, 72, 810-820.
28. Kau, J. B., & Rubin, P. H. (1976). Measurement techniques, grades and ratings of instructors. Journal of Economic Education, 8, 59-62.
29. Kennedy, W. R. (1975). Grades expected and grades received-Their relationship to students' evaluations of faculty performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 67, 109-115.
30. Krautmann, A. C., & Sander, W. (1999). Grades and student evaluations of teachers. Economics of Education Review, 18, 59-63.
31. Marlin, J. W., Jr., & Gaynor, P. E. (1989). Do anticipated grades affect student evaluations? A discriminant analysis approach. College Student Journal, 23, 184-192.
32. Marsh, H. W. (1982). Validity of students' evaluations of college teaching: A multitrait-multimethod analysis. Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 264-279.
33. Marsh, H. W. (1984). Students' evaluations of university teaching: Dimensionality, reliability, validity, potential biases, and utility. Journal of Educational Psychology, 76, 707-754.
34. McKeachie, W. J. (1979). Student ratings of faculty: A reprise. Academe, 65, 384-397.
35. Mehdizadeh, M. (1990). Loglinear models and student course evaluations. Journal of Economic Education, 21, 7-21.
36. Neath, I. (1996). How to improve your teaching evaluations without improving your teaching. Psychological Reports, 78, 1363-1372.
37. Nelson, J. P., & Lynch, K. A. (1984). Grade inflation, real income, simultaneity, and teaching evaluations. Journal of Economic Education, 15, 21-39.
38. Nichols, A., & Soper, J. C. (1972). Economic man in the classroom. Journal of Political Economy, 80, 1069-1073.
39. Pedersen, D. (1997, March 3). When an A is average. Newsweek, 64.
40. Peterson, R. A., Kerin, R. A., & Martin, W. S. (1978). Teaching effectiveness in the decision sciences: The use of student evaluations. Decision Science, 9, 712-724.
41. Powell, R. W. (1977). Grades, learning, and student evaluation of instructor. Research in Higher Education, 7, 193-205.
42. Remmers, H. H. (1930). To what extent do grades influence student ratings of instructors? The Journal of Educational Research, 21, 314-316.
43. Remmers, H. H., & Brandenburg, G. C. (1927). Experimental data on the Purdue rating scale for instruction. Educational Administration and Supervision, 13, 519-527.
44. Riley, J. W. J., Ryan, B. F., & Lifshitz, M. (1950). The student looks at his teacher. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
45. Samuelson, R. J. (1991, May 27). Why school reform fails. Newsweek, 62-66.
46. Schwab, D. P. (1975). Course and student characteristic correlates of the course evaluation instrument. Journal of Applied Psychology, 60, 741-747.
47. Seiver, D. A. (1983). Evaluations and grades: A simultaneous framework. Journal of Economic Education, 14, 32-38.
48. Sheehan, D. S. (1975). On the invalidity of student ratings for administrative personnel decisions. Journal of Higher Education, 46, 687-700.
49. South, J. D., Hill, M., & Morrison, J. L. (1979). Faculty role orientation and perceived teaching effectiveness: The case of an intervening variable. Research in Higher Education, 11, 99-110.
50. Stumpf, S. A., & Freeman, R. D. (1979). Expected grade covariation with student ratings of instruction: Individual versus class effects. Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 293-302.
51. Trout, P. A. (1997). What the numbers mean: Providing a context for numerical student evaluations of courses. Change, 29, 24-30.
52. Vasta, R., & Sarmiento, R. F. (1979). Liberal grading improves evaluations but not performance. Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 207-211.
53. Voeks, V. W., & French, G. M. (1960). Are student-ratings of teachers affected by grades? Journal of Higher Education, 31, 330-331.
54. Wilson, R. (1998). New research casts doubt on value of student evaluations of professors. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 16, A12-A14.
55. Winsor, J. L. (1977). A's, B's, but not C's? A comment. Contemporary Education, 48, 82-84.
56. Worthington, A. G., & Wong, P. T. P. (1979). Effects of earned and assigned grades on student evaluations of an instructor. Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 764-775.
57. Zangenehzadeh, H. (1988). Grade inflation: A way out. Journal of Economic Education, 19, 217-230.