Finding a Simple Solution to the Problem of Student Evaluations: An Index of Traditional Evaluation Questions

Literature commonly finds student evaluations of economics instruction do not assess true teaching effectiveness. Many techniques improving learning outcomes result in lower because students must work harder. Still, we often rely on a single overall rating for assessing teacher quality. We construct model responses that indicate likeability the instructor and difficulty instruction. test predictive power these indicators using intermediate microeconomics instructors over five years alongside data grades future courses depend microeconomics. Using questions to more meaningful evaluation how well microeconomic prepare recall use important concepts improves our ability evaluate