At 12:18 PM -0800 11/19/99, RICHARD PISACRETA wrote:
>U of Winnipeg also has something like this, called a course
>comparison index (CCI). It shows the average performance of
>students in your class relative to their performance in all
>other
>classes. A university committee examines CCIs before approving
>final grades for presentation to Senate and can withhold
>approval
>pending explanation or even change grades for a course that is
>too deviant. The committee also examines grade distributions
>and
>dropout statistics for the course at the same time. Although
>this kind of index helps, it cannot fully prevent
>institution-wide drift nor handle the situation where students
>aggregate in easy courses (i.e., easy courses are being compared
>to average of other easy courses).
>
>Best wishes
>Jim
>
>I think that this is outrageous. What happened to academic freedom?
>
>Rip
Outrageous it may be, but not as an infringement of academic freedom,
The latter concerns the _content_ of course material presented, not the
rigor with which it is taught or graded.
Besides, tell me what grade distributions you want and I'll write the exams
to give them to you.
* PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *
* Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato *
* 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 *
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