Class record · MESA · LSOE

MESA 7320

Evaluation Theory and Research · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – Spring 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

20thMore challenging than 20% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”2 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.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Emily GatesMeasurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment. Provisional	932 records	78th	20th

There is no ranking to read here: Emily Gates is the only instructor with evaluation records for MESA 7320, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Emily Gates

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHCG 3810Public Health Planning, Practice and Evaluation	34 records	79
LREN 7401Theory of Change	23 records	76
MESA 6310Evaluation Practice and Methods	23 records	82
MESA 7840Mixed Methods Research: Issues in Theory and Practice	23 records	89
MESA 6466Evaluation Practice and Methods	12 records	90
MESA 7331Advanced Topics in Evaluation	12 records	94

Other MESA classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MESA 6410Introductory Statistics	210 records	86
MESA 6468Introductory Statistics	310 records	81
MESA 6420Intermediate Statistics	37 records	83
MESA 1060Classroom Assessment	36 records	87
MESA 6460Interpretation and Evaluation of Research	36 records	80
MESA 6830Interpretation and Evaluation of Research	16 records	75

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9665th pctl

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

100100th pctl

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

9667th pctl

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

9984th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9044th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9464th pctl

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

9030th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8728th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

8832nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8519th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8520th pctl

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

9254th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Emily Gates	Spring 2025	01	96	84	60
Emily Gates	Spring 2024	01	90	85	60

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.