刘文勇GRE写作Argument题库 Day 12

Day 12 Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors

Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Potential employers, looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated and do not accurately reflect student achievement; as a result, Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University. To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors.

Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.

五问：

（1）“Fifteen years ago, Omega University implemented a new procedure that encouraged students to evaluate the teaching effectiveness of all their professors. Since that time, Omega professors have begun to assign higher grades in their classes, and overall student grade averages at Omega have risen by 30 percent. Potential employers, looking at this dramatic rise in grades, believe that grades at Omega are inflated and do not accurately reflect student achievement”和“Omega graduates have not been as successful at getting jobs as have graduates from nearby Alpha University”是事实，“To enable its graduates to secure better jobs, Omega University should terminate student evaluation of professors”是结论，值得反驳吗？

（2）教授打的分很高，是否因为学生的评估政策？是否只因为学生的评估政策？有没有可能是因为评分标准变了呢？请大家回顾一下关于“唯一原因”和“重要原因”的介绍。

（3）学生整体成绩平均提高 30%就能说明每一个学生的成绩都提高了吗？可能有的学生成绩提高了，而有的学生成绩降低了。学生成绩提高，可能有哪些其他的原因？你是否能罗列出一两个？例如：学生这段时间努力用功复习功课，试卷难度降低等。

（4）另一个学校是否有类似的政策呢？直接拿另一个学校进行比对，条件合适吗？除了学业成绩外，还有哪些因素会影响学生在劳动市场获得好的工作岗位呢？比如个人的实习经历会不会在找工作的时候帮助其获得好的工作岗位呢？学校的求职课程会不会起到作用呢？

（5）学生评估老师这一政策是否有好的一面？有没有可能是因为评估对教授起到了促进作用，使其教学更有成效，从而使学生取得了更好的成绩呢？