Liberal grading improves evaluations but not performance.

Fundamental Research Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences.

Garrett K. Mandeville, John Roscoe · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1971 · 1.6K citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Biostatistics +10

Student Ratings of College Teaching: Reliability, Validity, and Usefulness

Frank Costin, William T. Greenough, Robert J. Menges · Review of Educational Research · 1971 · 509 citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Teaching +17

Grades and college students' evaluations of their courses and teachers

Kenneth A. Feldman · Research in Higher Education · 1976 · 217 citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Higher Education +11

Evaluation of Instruction

Peter K. Gessner · Science · 1973 · 163 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Instruction +12

Student Ratings as Criteria for Effective Teaching

Kenneth O. Doyle, Susan E. Whitely · American Educational Research Journal · 1974 · 110 citations

Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Measurement +14