Online Posting of Teaching Evaluations and Grade Inflation

Talia Bar, Vrinda Kadiyali and Asaf Zussman
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Vrinda Kadiyali: Cornell University

No 2014-29, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: In 2008 the faculty senate of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) decided to publish mean student evaluations of teaching online. The stated goal of the policy was to “provide useful information to students as they design their program of study.” Using 2003-2011 data from CALS we study the effects of this policy change on teaching evaluations, grading outcomes and students’ course choices. Identification relies on the differential response of initially-low and initially-high rated instructors. While student evaluations of teaching increased, the policy change contributed to grade inflation and had little effect on course enrollment and composition.

Keywords: student evaluations of teaching; grade inflation; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2014-09
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