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 9934

Field Education IV CSW · 50 instructors on record · 50 sections

How the curve score is built
67Teaching77 raw · 17th percentile of BC classes
−2Easiness adjustmenteasiness 68 · 62 raw workload · lighter than 21% of BC classes
65Curve scorethe teaching curve −2 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 21% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
77BC evaluations50 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
11thMore challenging than 11% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
82BC — “Intellectually Challenging”50 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
79thMore work than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
62BC — “Workload”50 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. Advanced learning and practice under the instruction of a qualified supervisor in a setting related to the student's major area of clinical interest. Three days per week in the fourth semester.

The board

50 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.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallenge
1Adi InbarSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record—100th
2Alexandra MillerSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record——
3Cecilia Jokisch DouglasSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record99+6 to the score100th
4Erika HamelSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record—100th
5Jennifer ShawSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record——
6Kathryn CrawfordSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score69th
7Keavy SmithSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record——
8Nicole DowningSocial Work Provisional99100 raw · 1 record—0th
9Ximena SotoSocial Work Provisional97100 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score69th
10Aliese LashSocial Work Provisional92100 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score48th
11Carrie JohnsonSocial Work Provisional92100 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score48th
12Don CamelioSocial Work Provisional92100 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score100th
13Jana TarpinianSocial Work Provisional92100 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score9th
14Sandee TisdaleSocial Work Provisional92100 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score0th
15Stacy KaplanSocial Work Provisional8793 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score15th
16Meghan Conley PetersonSocial Work Provisional8695 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score48th
17Cindy GordonSocial Work Provisional8492 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score12th
18Amy SaundersSocial Work Provisional8190 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score17th
19Ginnelle VasquezSocial Work Provisional7787 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score9th
20Karalyn HardimanSocial Work Provisional7787 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score9th
21Danielle MetzgerSocial Work Provisional7290 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score15th
22Sherry EllisSocial Work Provisional7284 raw · 1 record—36th
23Pamela WeissmanSocial Work Provisional7180 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score17th
24Stephanie SaundersSocial Work Provisional7189 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score5th
25Kathryn ColthartSocial Work Provisional6980 raw · 1 record—9th
26Matthew OrlandoSocial Work Provisional6980 raw · 1 record—29th
27Linda Doucette-RosaSocial Work Provisional6887 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score29th
28Brian GonsalvesSocial Work Provisional6786 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score17th
29Kara Rendzia WilliamsSocial Work Provisional6786 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score1st
30Erin McSherrySocial Work Provisional6470 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score0th
31Jennifer Roman-MartinSocial Work Provisional6473 raw · 1 record—9th
32Marie MathieuSocial Work Provisional6470 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score9th
33Tracy BonySocial Work Provisional6470 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score1st
34Devorath RuizSocial Work Provisional6268 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score2nd
35Nanci SiegelSocial Work Provisional6268 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score12th
36Sarah HoodSocial Work Provisional6270 raw · 1 record—9th
37Lisa Avanzato-UshkurnisSocial Work Provisional5960 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score3rd
38Patricia BirchSocial Work Provisional5960 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score3rd
39Vannasang Pelletier SoukasavathSocial Work Provisional5960 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score48th
40Ndia OlivierSocial Work Provisional5876 raw · 1 record49−7 to the score1st
41Kimberley WardSocial Work Provisional5540 raw · 1 record99+6 to the score0th
42Damen KeltonSocial Work Provisional4935 raw · 1 record—100th
43Felicia Rodney-OsbourneSocial Work Provisional4720 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score100th
—Anne HernandezSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——
—Emily Greising RemenschneiderSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——
—Jonathan BaumSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——
—Kali BostonSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——
—Kenna SullivanSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——
—Melissa HalliseySocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——
—Tatiana SchettiniSocial Work Provisional—— raw · 1 record——

All 50 instructors listed.

50 of 50 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.

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.

The line

All 13 items · means across 50 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

50 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Lisa Avanzato-UshkurnisSpring 202603607240
Jonathan BaumSpring 202604———
Patricia BirchSpring 202605606540
Tracy BonySpring 202606707040
Kali BostonSpring 202608———
Don CamelioSpring 20261110095100
Kathryn ColthartSpring 2026128070—
Meghan Conley PetersonSpring 202613959060
Linda Doucette-RosaSpring 2026168780100
Nicole DowningSpring 20261710080—
Sherry EllisSpring 2026198484—
Brian GonsalvesSpring 2026218677100
Damen KeltonSpring 2026223560—
Cindy GordonSpring 202623927640
Erika HamelSpring 202624100100—
Karalyn HardimanSpring 202625875540
Anne HernandezSpring 202626———
Sarah HoodSpring 2026277090—
Adi InbarSpring 202628100100—
Carrie JohnsonSpring 20262910093100
Jennifer Roman-MartinSpring 2026307367—
Stacy KaplanSpring 202631938740
Cecilia Jokisch DouglasSpring 20263210010020
Kathryn CrawfordSpring 2026331007040
Aliese LashSpring 202634100100100

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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.