IDEA Benchmarking for Learning allows campuses to compare their student ratings results to a group of 6 to 10 peers, selected by the institution, who also use the IDEA Student Ratings System. In addition, comparative data is provided for all campuses and for campuses in the same general Carnegie classification using IDEA. Benchmarking is different from the IDEA Group Summary Report because it summarizes the learning of individual students rather than summarizing class results.
Three types of Benchmarking for Learning reports are available:
Trend Report
Available to campuses that used the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction system for at least three of the last five years and during that time had 400 or more classes rated. Features of the Trend Report include: