The SRTI instrument is designed to provide faculty members with useful feedback on students' experiences in the classroom. Keep in mind that student ratings of instruction are only one piece of any evaluation of teaching. While students can effectively judge aspects of teaching that reflect student experiences with an instructor (e.g., student-instructor relationships, instructor ability to communicate clearly, fairness of grading), they are not the best judges of aspects of teaching that reflect instructor subject matter expertise (e.g., knowledge in major field, course syllabus and reading list, selection of course objectives and materials).