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Student Ratings: Validity, Utility, and Controversy.
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Kulik, James A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001
Reviews the conclusions about student ratings of teacher effectiveness on which most experts agree, cites some of the main sources of support for these conclusions, and discusses some dissenting opinions and the research support for those opinions. (EV)
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Test Validity
Improving Judgments about Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms.
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Abrami, Philip C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001
Critically examines five issues surrounding the use of student evaluations of teaching for summative decisions: current practices, validity concerns, improving the reporting of results, improving the decision-making process, and incorporating validity estimates into the decision-making process. Concludes with a list of recommendations for…
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Summative Evaluation
Can We Put Precision into Practice? Commentary and Thoughts Engendered by Abrami's "Improving Judgments about Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms."
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Theall, Michael – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001
Responds to Abrami's proposals in "Improving Judgments about Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms." Draws from comments made by members of an American Education Research Association special interest group and offers a personal perspective. (EV)
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Summative Evaluation
Improving Judgments about Teaching Effectiveness: How To Lie without Statistics.
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Abrami, Philip C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2001
Preceding articles in this issue, "Improving Judgments about Teaching Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms" (Abrami) and "Can We Put Precision into Practices? Commentary and Thoughts Engendered by Abrami's 'Improving Judgments about Teacher Effectiveness Using Teacher Rating Forms,'" offered: (1) Abrami's proposals to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Summative Evaluation