Should Students Be Allowed To Grade Teachers Research

Is it time for teachers to be graded?

Every student has to have that teacher they absolutely hate. The one who “can’t

teach” or should’ve retired years ago. For these reasons, students should be able to

grade their teachers on how well or poor they are doing. If a student is judged by their

teacher then the teacher should also be judged by the student. Students would grade

them by their performance of teaching and how they could improve teaching. Students

should have the right to grade their teachers because the teachers would benefit and

the students have the right to have a voice in class.

For one thing, students should be able to grade their teachers because the

teachers may be curious about how they are doing themselves. Teachers

Having feedback would benefit the teachers because

they know what they need to work on to be better. In the article by Gloria Kopp, she

says “For the students it means that they can call out any behaviour from their teachers

that they believe is unfair.” By reading this, it shows how the students could help the

teacher out right then and there to make sure they do not disappoint the students in the

same way again. Most teachers would find students grading them beneficial because it

improves themselves as teachers and role models.

To go along with teachers benefiting from this, students should have the right to

have a voice in the classroom along with the teachers. If the students have the opinion

that the teacher is always behind or mean towards their classmates, this should be

reported to the principal or office. As students, we should have the kind of freedom of

speech like teachers do. Also in Gloria Kopps article it states, “The downside for

students is that they are stuck with their teacher even after assessing them. If there

really is discrimination or unfair treatment going on it is likely to provoke even worse

behaviour from the teacher.” This comes to show that even when students try and