tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post4289886088917975070..comments2023-06-12T10:08:26.187-05:00Comments on Lake Winneblogo: Bad Evals = No Job?Lake Winneblogohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09063703316063246957noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12426239.post-70723635570193046432008-09-26T08:13:00.000-05:002008-09-26T08:13:00.000-05:00Eighty-five percent seems a mighty high bar to set...Eighty-five percent seems a mighty high bar to set. I did not see it mentioned whether everyone else in the department or college achieves that level.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, how many opinion polls on *any* topic in society ever show 85% of those polled agree? It's the nature of polling that if, e.g., 60% of those polled believe a bailout of Wall St. is a bad idea, it is treated as a major consensus. Heck, Satan Incarnate could run for President and get 40% of the people to indicate a preference for him in pre-election polling! A rating of more than 70% good or excellent suggests to me that she was a pretty darn good teacher.<BR/><BR/>Student opinion surveys provide information. But that information has to be interpreted intelligently, not slavishly. They certainly should never be the sole criterion for evaluating a professor's work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com