S83-12 STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS: PROHIBITION ON REPORTING WITH PERCENTILES

Legislative History:

Document dated July 6, 1983.

At its meeting of May 9, 1983, the Academic Senate approved the following policy recommendation presented by Senator David Smith of the Professional Standards Committee.

ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT:

"Approved and Accepted as University Policy. Effective Fall, 1983." Signed: Gail Fullerton, July 6, 1983.

STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS:

REPORTING WITH PERCENTILES TO BE REPLACED

S 83-12

WHEREAS, The faculty are predominately rated very good or outstanding, and the transformation of scores to percentiles introduces the possibility of improper negative interpretation; and

WHEREAS, The magnification of scores with percentiles is potentially misleading and subject to further misinterpretation; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That percentiles should not be generated.