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 · ELHE · LSOE

ELHE 7711

Using Data and Evidence for School Improvement · 6 instructors on record · 21 sections

What the course score is made of
79BC evaluations21 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025
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
29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”21 records · 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
79thMore work than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
62BC — “Workload”21 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course prepares policy-, district-, and school-level leaders to manage initiatives involving continuous improvement and data-informed inquiry. These activities include: engaging with policy or program evaluations, leading faculty in data-informed cycles of inquiry, and evaluating commonplace data practices for issues of equity and social justice. By the end of this course, students should be able to develop a plan for data-informed improvement in a school or other organization. Access to a school or other organization is encouraged, but not required.

The board

6 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them.

RankInstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
1Peter SteedmanEducation Provisional921 record78th48th
2Kenneth GravesEducational Leadership and Higher Education8411 records81st43rd
3Vincent ChoEducational Leadership and Higher Education844 records81st20th
4Sonia TellierEducational Leadership and Higher Education Provisional821 record78th48th
5Kris TaylorEducational Leadership and Higher Education803 records78th17th
6Julie KukenbergerEducation Provisional551 record25th1st

How this board is orderedPositions 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. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 3 of 6 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row.

The line

All 13 items · means across 21 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
8718th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
8715th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
8616th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
8919th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8419th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8415th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
8929th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8518th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
7910th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8212th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.
6279th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8729th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8418th 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.

Game log

21 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Vincent ChoFall 202501685640
Kenneth GravesSummer 202501827880
Kenneth GravesSpring 2025016863
Kenneth GravesSpring 202502817980
Kenneth GravesFall 202401949060
Kenneth GravesSummer 202401938960
Kris TaylorSpring 202401777660
Kris TaylorSpring 202402837460
Kenneth GravesFall 2023017272
Kenneth GravesSummer 2023018892
Kenneth GravesSpring 202301969360
Sonia TellierSpring 202302828460
Kris TaylorSpring 202303807560
Vincent ChoFall 202201969660
Kenneth GravesFall 202202878360
Vincent ChoSummer 202201878560
Kenneth GravesSpring 202201837360
Vincent ChoSpring 2022028480100
Peter SteedmanFall 202101929260
Kenneth GravesFall 2021028075
Julie KukenbergerFall 202103555340

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.