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Education: Evaluations
give guidance
By Larry W.
Brunson Jr.
On-line Forty-Niner
At the end of each
semester students are responsible for filling out an evaluation
form for each of their professors. This is presumably a way
to ensure that professors are providing the best possible
education to students
However, after the evaluations are collected, many students
wonder what happens next.
According to Armando Contreras, executive assistant to CSULB
President Robert Maxson, all the evaluations from a particular
class are put together to create a report that gives the low
and high evaluative marks, as well as the range, the mean
and the median averages of the evaluation marks.
Contreras said the evaluations are an important part of the
teaching quality at CSULB because they are used to look at
teacher performance and are considered when making a decision
to promote faculty into higher positions.
"Evaluations are definitely a factor for professors to
keep teaching. They are used in personnel decisions,"
Contreras said. "Evaluations are also an important tool
in evaluating tenure-track faculty."
Students often wonder what happens when a professor receives
a low evaluation.
"Professors with low evaluation scores are informed by
their department chair and suggestions are made for improvements
in their teaching methods," Contreras said.
"Students do not have access to professor evaluations,"
Contreras said. "Evaluation reports are kept in the personnel
file and are confidential."
Contreras suggested that students conduct surveys of their
own.
Some students said they think evaluations are a useful part
in evaluating teaching quality at CSULB.
"I think it's beneficial because professors can know
what students think," said Jin Togawa, a sophomore computer
engineering major. "They can also improve on their weak
points."
Another student had a different opinion.
"It only makes a difference if the professor is willing
to make the extra effort," said Milton Guerrero, a junior
majoring in psychology.
Both students believe that evaluations really make a difference
in teaching quality at CSULB, but some modifications should
be made.
"The evaluations should be more elaborate and we should
be able to say more things about what's going," Togawa
said.
"I think some teachers aren't as well equipped.
They need to know how to inform students," Guerrero said.
"Teachers are largely responsible for student's learning
and their success in the class."
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