Instructors usually design TQ forms by selecting relevant items from a large catalog of course evaluation questions. Instructors can select up to 30 of the catalog questions for a questionnaire. In some cases, instructors use standard TQ forms designed by committees within their departments. Although research studies support the validity of student ratings as a measure of teaching effectiveness, many rating systems are not as useful as they could be to teachers who wish to improve their teaching.
Many questionnaires fail to address the specific concerns of individual teachers.
Many questionnaires give students too little information about how teachers, departments, and colleges use questionnaire results. Students may not realize that the questionnaires are an important means of communicating about teaching. To interpret rating results, teachers need to know about ratings received in classes similar to theirs. Reports in some rating systems contain little or no comparative data. No Consulting Help.