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 Without these two institutional changes, it seems unlikely to me that professors will be able adopt a more useful and pedagogically valuable evaluation system.

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>		Thanks for the thoughtful analysis, Daniel. I agree that there are lots of ways that our school could drastically change the structure of evaluating and teaching students. Hopefully, my next edit will better reflect my opinion that Dean Schizer's discussion on the grading system was one of many ways in which the law school makes decisions without considering the implications for student learning. However, I limited my focus to the grading policy in this paper as I believe that a change in that policy is more likely to occur given that it does not require reworking the entire law school model. While I believe it it is very worthwhile to entertain discussions regarding class sizes, more faculty members, and midsemester feedback, I also believe that these changes are unlikely to occur without major alterations in the attitude of the faculty and administration. Ultimately I adhere to the baby steps approach: if we can convince the faculty to make multiple smaller adjustments (in their focus on students), then our actions can result in large changes without the disdain and stubbornness that we would otherwise face if we immediately proposed a novel law school model. Significantly, if we can demonstrate that student learning is the most important (if not only) consideration to evaluate our institution, then I believe that a lot of these changes you propose may fall into place.

-- LaurenRosenberg - 28 Mar 2009

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