LSAT 154 – Section 1 – Question 04

LSAT 154 - Section 1 - Question 04

September 2017

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT154 S1 Q04
+LR
+Exp
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
4%
152
B
1%
157
C
94%
163
D
2%
156
E
0%
156
127
136
145
 +Easier 147.621 +SubsectionMedium

Oscar: Clearly, student evaluations provide the best assessment of teacher performance. Who is in a better position to judge a teacher than that teacher’s students?

Bettina: Student evaluations of teachers are usually conducted at the end of a class. However, students generally fail to appreciate the impact of a teacher until many years later. So, peer evaluations of teachers might be a good supplement or a better alternative.

Speaker 1 Summary
Student evaluations are the best assessment of teacher performance. Why? Because students are in a better position to judge a teacher.

Speaker 2 Summary
Peer evaluations may be a better alternative to assess teacher performance. Why? Because students generally fail to appreciate the impact of a teacher until years later, and student evaluations are conducted at the end of a class

Objective
We need a statement Oscar and Bettina disagree on. They disagree whether student evaluations are the best way to evaluate teachers. Oscar thinks that student evaluations are the best way to evaluate teachers. Bettina thinks peer evaluations could be a better alternative because students don’t appreciate the impact of a teacher until many years after a class.

A
students are ever capable of adequately judging a teacher’s performance
Bettina does not express an opinion on this statement. Bettina thinks that peer evaluations may be better for judging a teacher’s performance, but that does not mean Bettina thinks students are capable or incapable of the same.
B
students’ opinions may change over a period of many years
Oscar does not express an opinion on this statement. Oscar only concludes that students are the best group to judge a teacher’s performance, he does not express an opinion about what students’ opinions are.
C
student evaluations furnish the optimal assessment of teacher performance
Oscar and Bettina disagree on this statement. Oscar would agree that student evaluations are optimal. Bettina would disagree because students don’t appreciate the impact of a teacher until years later.
D
teacher performance should be assessed without conducting any student evaluations
Bettina does not express an opinion on this statement. Bettina thinks peer evaluations may be a better alternative to student evaluations, but she does not express that student evaluations should never be used.
E
student evaluations are usually conducted at the end of a class
Oscar does not express an opinion on this statement. We can’t assume Oscar thinks or knows when student evaluations are conducted from his conclusion that student evaluations are the best in terms of judging teacher performance.

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