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Linkages Between Grade Point Average And Student Ratings, Robert D. Richardson, Robert L. Williams
Linkages Between Grade Point Average And Student Ratings, Robert D. Richardson, Robert L. Williams
Journal of Educational Research and Practice
In order to better understand the potential influence of high school students’ grades on how they rate their teachers and schools, we explored the relationship between student grade point average and student ratings of teacher and school effectiveness in 370 classes taught by 230 instructors with over 6,000 students in grades 9–12 in an Intermountain West school district. Teachers were evaluated with an 18-item student survey. Students also rated their schools with six additional items. The performance measure was the grade point average (GPA) for the quarter in which students evaluated their teachers and schools. ANOVAs showed that both year …