National Technical Institute for the Deaf

The Student Rating System is an anonymous online survey of student perceptions of their formal classroom and one-to-one educational encounters with faculty/staff at RIT/NTID. The SRS consists of statements, selected by the faculty/staff requestor, to which a student responds using an agreement scale. Textboxes are also available on the online form for optional comments. A sample survey and report appear in the last section of this handbook. 

A group of four summative items can be requested to fulfill RIT policy relating to tenure and appraisal of tenure-track faculty. A summary of student ratings on the summative items is automatically reported to the chairperson. The summary of student ratings on summative items is also sent to the faculty/staff requestor, along with all related comments.

A large pool of formative items is also available, from which the faculty/staff requestor may choose up to 20. A summary of student ratings and comments on the formative items is sent only to the faculty/staff individual who requested them.

Students are cautioned that their opinions are an essential component of the large amount of information used to evaluate faculty and staff. Chairpersons are also reminded that student input is only one source of information about faculty/staff skills and accomplishments and should be used in conjunction with other information.