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LAWS 7854

The History of Education Rights in the U.S. · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

100BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · 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

87thMore challenging than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”1 record · 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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Rebecca Horwitz-WillisLaw Provisional	981 record	25th	87th

There is no ranking to read here: Rebecca Horwitz-Willis is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 7854, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Rebecca Horwitz-Willis

1 other class

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LAWS 7747Family Law	35 records	79

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All of them

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LAWS 2110Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity	3080 records	66
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LAWS 2155Law Practice II	1032 records	83
LAWS 8130Advanced Legal Research	829 records	92
LAWS 2190Professional Responsibility	926 records	74

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.

9672nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9885th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9884th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9880th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9573rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9891st pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

100100th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9891st 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.

9887th 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9787th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9361st 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Rebecca Horwitz-Willis	Fall 2025	01	98	100	40

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.