Pupil Ratings of Secondary-School Teachers

The proposal that pupils be called on to rate teachers has elicited a great variety of reactions from educators and laymen. Some think that the proposal is not worth serious consideration. At the other end of the scale are persons who express opinions similar to the following: I would suggest that the pupils be encouraged to make monthly reports on the teacher..... It is possible that these nuggets [suggestions from pupils] would be disconcerting and that they would infuriate a certain sort of teacher. That sort, however, is the kind which has no business to be teaching, and the quicker it is found out the better. Places now occupied by this sort could be filled by the type that is willing to learn as well as teach.'