Who reads performance evaluations?
Performance evaluations written for all courses in which a student receives a P, A, B, C, or D become part of the student’s permanent transcript and reach a large and diverse audience. In addition to the student, performance evaluations will be reviewed by college academic staff, by the student s department, and by anyone to whom a student opts to send the complete official transcript (grades and evaluations), including fellowship and scholarship review panels, graduate and professional school admissions committees and potential employers. Of this audience, only the student has had access to instructor feedback, comments, and scores provided during the quarter forms of “real-time” evaluation that should not be deferred to an end of quarter written evaluation. Bearing the audience in mind, performance evaluations should provide the necessary context to be understood by readers who were not in the course, don t have access to course materials or syllabi, and may not be familiar with narr
