I think it's not necessarily a bad thing when team members figure out how to award peer evaluations that result in everyone getting the same score. In my experience, teams that do this are the better-functioning groups, as seems to also be Maureen Jonason's experience. Even figuring out how to accomplish equal peer ratings requires teamwork! While everyone in a team may not make the same contribution, members of well-functioning teams may feel that everyone makes an equivalent contribution and, therefore, should be rewarded equally. In teams where there are big differences in contributions, I've seen big differences in peer ratings. While I'm aware that there is a possibility that some team members might "bully" others into producing equal ratings, I've never seen this happen in practice. Marie Thomas Marie D. Thomas, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology California State University San Marcos San Marcos, CA 92096 760-750-4157 (office) 760-750-3418 (fax) [log in to unmask]