I've been looking at the 2008 and 2009 differences in lawyer/judge assessments. I've already commented on the changes in peer assessment scores (and here). Almost all stayed the same or increased. But also interesting are that lawyer/judge scores, most of which either stayed the same or fell. I summarize the changes in the table below.
Difference between 2008 and 2009 Lawyer/Judge assessments in the 104 Tier-1 schools (2009 assessment - 2008 assessment)
Difference N
-0.4 2
-0.3 3
-0.2 13
-0.1 26
0 35
0.1 11
0.2 7
0.3 5
0.4 2
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104
The mean change for Lawyer/Judge assessment is negative (reflecting lower ratings in 2009 than 2008), but it's only -0.02. The SD, while also fairly small (0.16), is more than twice that for peer assessment, which perhaps deserved more attention than I've given it so far.
And now let's look at the schools that changed .3 or more in lawyer/judge assessment from 2008 to 09.
Schools whose 2008 and 2009 Lawyer/Judge assessments differ by 0.3 or more
USN rank Lawyer/Judge Assessment
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School 2008 2009 2008 2009 Difference
Buffalo-SUNY 77 100 2.8 2.4 -0.4
Pittsburgh 57 73 3.3 2.9 -0.4
Georgia State 82 77 2.9 2.6 -0.3
Rutgers-Camden 70 77 3.1 2.8 -0.3
Rutgers-Newark 77 77 3.1 2.8 -0.3
Arizona 44 38 3.1 3.4 0.3
Indiana--Indy 85 68 2.8 3.1 0.3
Pepperdine 66 59 2.9 3.2 0.3
San Diego 85 82 2.6 2.9 0.3
U Pacific 100 95 2.2 2.5 0.3
Nevada 100 88 2.4 2.8 0.4
Santa Clara 91 77 2.8 3.2 0.4
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