Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.PRTO 3300982.UNAS 3348903.MUSP 1670944.COMM 1060925.MUSP 1660926.ECON 9902887.BSLW 2299918.PHIL 4932939.COMM 19029010.UGMG 10109311.MUSP 26009912.TMPS 803495
How this list is ordered

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 · SCWK · SSW

SCWK 9932

Field Education II CSW · 48 instructors on record · 48 sections

How the curve score is built
58Teaching66 raw · 4th percentile of BC classes
±0Easiness adjustmenteasiness 78 · 59 raw workload · lighter than 52% of BC classes
58Curve scorethe teaching curve ±0 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 52% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
66BC evaluations48 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2026
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of
3rdMore challenging than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
76BC — “Intellectually Challenging”48 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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
48thMore work than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
59BC — “Workload”48 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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.

Required of Clinical Social Work students. Supervised learning and practice in the provision of individual, family, and group interventions with clients in a wide range of clinical settings. Two days per week in the second semester.

The board

48 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

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.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1Adi InbarSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record—79th—no page
2Aliese LashSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record—17th—no page
3Matthew OrlandoSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record———no page
4Meghan Conley PetersonSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record———no page
5Melissa HalliseySocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score0th—no page
6Tatiana SchettiniSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score0th—no page
7Kara Rendzia WilliamsSocial Work Provisional97100 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score9th—no page
8Erika HamelSocial Work Provisional9096 raw · 1 record—60th—no page
9Stacy KaplanSocial Work Provisional8895 raw · 1 record—9th—no page
10Kali BostonSocial Work Provisional8694 raw · 1 record—0th—no page
11Don CamelioSocial Work Provisional8590 raw · 1 record99+6 to the score9th—no page
12Kathryn CrawfordSocial Work Provisional8593 raw · 1 record—9th—no page
13Sarah HoodSocial Work Provisional8396 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score60th—no page
14Stephanie SaundersSocial Work Provisional8190 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score0th—no page
15Kathryn ColthartSocial Work Provisional7988 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score3rd—no page
16Ximena SotoSocial Work Provisional7990 raw · 1 record—48th—no page
17Keavy SmithSocial Work Provisional7787 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score29th—no page
18Alexandra MillerSocial Work Provisional7587 raw · 1 record—4th—no page
19Brian GonsalvesSocial Work Provisional7580 raw · 1 record99+6 to the score29th—no page
20Cecilia Jokisch DouglasSocial Work Provisional7587 raw · 1 record—2nd—no page
21Ginnelle VasquezSocial Work Provisional7587 raw · 1 record—48th—no page
22Sherry EllisSocial Work Provisional7587 raw · 1 record—29th—no page
23Carrie JohnsonSocial Work Provisional7284 raw · 1 record—60th—no page
24Erin McSherrySocial Work Provisional7283 raw · 1 record—4th—no page
25Amy SaundersSocial Work Provisional7180 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score0th—no page
26Karli BresnahanSocial Work Provisional7180 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score2nd—no page
27Sandee TisdaleSocial Work Provisional7180 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score3rd—no page
28Danielle MetzgerSocial Work Provisional6980 raw · 1 record—9th—no page
29Marie MathieuSocial Work Provisional6980 raw · 1 record—9th—no page
30Tracy BonySocial Work Provisional6980 raw · 1 record———no page
31Jennifer ShawSocial Work Provisional6887 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score1st—no page
32Anne HernandezSocial Work Provisional6780 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score25th—no page
33Ndia OlivierSocial Work Provisional6464 raw · 1 record99+6 to the score1st—no page
34Linda Doucette-RosaSocial Work Provisional6371 raw · 1 record—3rd—no page
35Lisa Avanzato-UshkurnisSocial Work Provisional6268 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score36th—no page
36Kimberley WardSocial Work Provisional6068 raw · 1 record—9th—no page
37Vannasang Pelletier SoukasavathSocial Work Provisional5876 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score0th—no page
38Jonathan BaumSocial Work Provisional5672 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score0th—no page
39Julia MacMahonSocial Work Provisional5665 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score21st401 rating · all classes
40Nicole DowningSocial Work Provisional5469 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score2nd—no page
41Pamela WeissmanSocial Work Provisional5356 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score9th—no page
42Karalyn HardimanSocial Work Provisional5060 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score0th—no page
43Damen KeltonSocial Work Provisional4937 raw · 1 record—0th—no page
44Patricia BirchSocial Work Provisional4946 raw · 1 record—0th—no page
45Felicia Rodney-OsbourneSocial Work Provisional4656 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score9th—no page
—Devorath RuizSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record———no page
—Jana TarpinianSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record———no page
—Jennifer Roman-MartinSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record———no page

All 48 instructors listed.

48 of 48 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 RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

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. 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 48 records
Instructor4
Course3
Feedback3
Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks
Explains Clearly
The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available
The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating
The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest
The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized
The course was well organized.
Clear Goals
The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later
What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments
Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback
I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback
The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload
How 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.
Challenge
The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance
Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

48 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Lisa Avanzato-UshkurnisSpring 202603687640
Jonathan BaumSpring 2026047255100
Patricia BirchSpring 2026054653—
Tracy BonySpring 2026068060—
Kali BostonSpring 2026089457—
Karli BresnahanSpring 202610806440
Don CamelioSpring 202611906020
Kathryn ColthartSpring 202612888040
Meghan Conley PetersonSpring 20261310080—
Linda Doucette-RosaSpring 2026157174—
Nicole DowningSpring 2026166951100
Sherry EllisSpring 2026188750—
Damen KeltonSpring 2026193744—
Brian GonsalvesSpring 202620805320
Melissa HalliseySpring 2026221006040
Erika HamelSpring 2026239676—
Karalyn HardimanSpring 2026246060100
Anne HernandezSpring 202625807360
Sarah HoodSpring 2026269684100
Adi InbarSpring 20262710090—
Carrie JohnsonSpring 2026288480—
Cecilia Jokisch DouglasSpring 2026298787—
Stacy KaplanSpring 2026309575—
Kathryn CrawfordSpring 2026319353—
Aliese LashSpring 20263210076—

Showing the first 25.

How to read this board

Instructors 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.