Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · EDUC · LSOE

EDUC 8810

Academic Writing for Multiple Audiences · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
96BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of
36thMore challenging than 36% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Jon WargoTeacher Education and Currriculum and Instruction Provisional961 record36th

There is no ranking to read here: Jon Wargo is the only instructor with evaluation records for EDUC 8810, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Jon Wargo

5 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
EDUC 2101Teaching Language Arts612 records83
EDUC 9737Critical Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Education46 records90
EDUC 9711Historical and Political Contexts of Curriculum35 records89
EDUC 9864Advanced Qualitative Research34 records90
EDUC 3200Reading Difference Differently: Issues of Gender(s) and Sexualities in Youth Literature and Media12 records94

Other EDUC classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
EDUC 7429Graduate Pre-Practicum224 records80
EDUC 7435Social Contexts of Education1022 records88
EDUC 7432Graduate Inquiry Seminar: Two1121 records70
EDUC 1044Education and Development for Students with Disabilities420 records91
EDUC 3386Introduction to Sign Language and Deafness220 records93
EDUC 7431Graduate Inquiry Seminar: One1219 records74

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9883rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9670th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9883rd pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9663rd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9889th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9680th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9887th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9683rd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9465th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9677th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8836th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9042nd pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Jon WargoSpring 2022019696

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.