“A FRACTURED, SEMI-FACTUAL HISTORY OF STUDENT RATINGS OF TEACHING: Meso-Remmers Era (1927–1959)!”

A HISTORY OF STUDENT RATINGS: Meso-Remmers Era (1927–1959)
Between 1927 and 1959, student rating practices began. The first student rating scale was developed during this period by Herman Remmers of Purdue University in Billings, Montana, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Consequently, these years were known as the Meso-PenguinsRemmers Era. Dr. Remmers pretty much owned this era. In fact, the rating scale was named after him: the Purdue Rating Scale for Instructors. Remmers was also the author of the first publication on the topic in 1930, the reliability of the scale, and studies on the relationships of student ratings to student grades and alumni ratings.

For his pioneer work on student ratings, Remmers was given the title “HH Cool R Rating Man.” WROOONG! He’s a rapper. Dr. Remmers’ real title was “Father of Student Evaluation Research.”

Now I suppose you’re going to shout out, “Who’s the Mother?” Are you ready for the answer? I don’t think so. It’s Darken “Foxy” Bubble Answer-Sheet. Mrs. Answer-Sheet was a descendant from a high stack of Answer-Sheets. What a striking couple they made. Well, that seems to wrap up this 32-year era.

My next blog will scope out one of the most traumatic periods in history—“Meso-Boomer Era,” when Baby Boomers attended and protested at our finest institutions of higher learning as out-of-control students during the ‘60s. How many of you are in this category? Are you still out of control like me?

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