U of Winnipeg also has something like this, called a course
comparison index (CCI). It shows the average performance of
students in your class relative to their performance in all
other
classes. A university committee examines CCIs before approving
final grades for presentation to Senate and can withhold
approval
pending explanation or even change grades for a course that is
too deviant. The committee also examines grade distributions
and
dropout statistics for the course at the same time. Although
this kind of index helps, it cannot fully prevent
institution-wide drift nor handle the situation where students
aggregate in easy courses (i.e., easy courses are being compared
to average of other easy courses).
Best wishes
Jim
I think that this is outrageous. What happened to academic freedom?
Rip
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