Should Students Be Allowed To Grade Their Teachers?

According to The U.S. Department of Education every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. To attribute what a grade is, it is a way of rating the quality, worth, rank or order of things or how well someone performed. The job description of a teacher is being responsible for instructing students, creating lesson plans, administers praise and constructive criticism, instructs students on subjects such as science, literature, or math. What teachers being graded means they are rated on the nature of how they can fill their job description. So, students should be allowed to grade their teachers, as evaluation of teachers allows for a more effective teaching environment, allows teachers to see their

As Laurie Futterman states in her article "Beyond the Classroom: What would happen if kids could grade their teachers?"

"Teachers are usually tested based on the knowledge they have of the subject, but very rarely based on their teaching skills. Student evaluations might offer insightful information on the teachers’ teaching skills."

Teachers must have a good way of teaching that not only intrigues students but also stays on track. A teacher effectiveness is extremely important as it can either make or break a student's learning path.

"Proponents say these measures are needed to improve teaching in a country where 33 percent of fourth graders are not reading at grade level and about one-quarter of public high school students do not graduate on time, if at all."

States Moroko Rich in their article "National Schools Debate Is on Display in Chicago". Effective teaching environments are in important to a student's success.

Teachers being given an analysis on how well they teach, by their student, also helps them become better teachers as students can be very blunt and honest which will help improve their teaching

As Rich declares,

"Advocates of the new evaluation systems say test scores should not be the only measure of a teacher’s quality. Even those who believe that such systems can work in theory say that it is important to get teacher buy-in."

Many teachers agree that students have substance and a teacher's performance should not only depend on testing

"...a third-grade teacher of gifted bilingual students, who was marching in a rally where teachers clogged downtown streets on Monday. Another teacher held a sign that read, “Let’s teach kids to think outside the box not fill in