Ļć½¶Ö±²„announces new grade distribution tool
Last spring, the Ļć½¶Ö±²„ Student Association developed a resolution āthat Mississippi State implement a website containing grade distribution data sorted by course code and professor similar to that used by the University of Kentucky.ā
In response, the administration evaluated tools such as this at several other institutions and developed a prototype that was circulated among faculty at the beginning of the fall semester. MSUās Robert Holland Faculty Senate developed a task force to evaluate this tool and recommend changes for improvement. At its November meeting, the Senate approved the task force recommendations, including āthe website release the grade distributions on Aās, Bās, Cās, Dās, Fās, and Wās in place of the course grade point averageā; to leave off any student survey questions in the tool; and to ārecommend completing the student surveys during class time at the beginning of a class to increase student participation.ā
The administration wholeheartedly agrees with the changes recommended and is now ready to provide this to all faculty, staff and students at MSU. The site requires an Ļć½¶Ö±²„Net ID to access and will only be available within the Ļć½¶Ö±²„community.
The site can be viewed at .
āThis is an excellent example of the Ļć½¶Ö±²„family working together to develop an outcome that no one segment wouldāve created. It also embodies the shared governance approach that is a hallmark of MSU,ā said Ļć½¶Ö±²„Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw.
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