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RateMyProfessors.com Offers Biased Evaluations
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Legg, Angela M.; Wilson, Janie H. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
RateMyProfessors.com (RMP) is becoming an increasingly popular tool among students, faculty and school administrators. The validity of RMP is a point of debate; many would argue that self-selection bias obscures the usefulness of RMP evaluations. In order to test this possibility, we collected three types of evaluations: RMP evaluations that…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Web Sites, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis
European Standards for Quality Assurance and Institutional Practices of Student Assessment in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic
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Kohoutek, Jan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This article analyses the student assessment procedures of 12 universities in the UK, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic with respect to their alignment with the European standards and guidelines on the quality of assessing higher education students (European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance [ESG] 1.3). Based on qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, College Students, Quality Assurance
Grade Inflation in the Eighties: The Case of Urban Colleges and Universities. AIR 1988 Annual Forum Paper.
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Summerville, Richard M.; And Others – 1988
A study of grading practices at Christopher Newport College (Virginia) was conducted, using as data the grades awarded from 1979 to 1986. Differences between "in-department" and "out-of-department" grades were also analyzed, for all students enrolled in courses in more than one department. Results included the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Departments, Differences, Grade Inflation
Aktuelle Regelungen zur Leistungsbeurteilung und zu Zeugnissen an Deutschen Sekundarschulen. Eine Vergleichende Studie aller Bundeslander--Darstellung und Diskussion Wesentlicher Ergebnisse (Recent Regulations for the Assessment of Achievement and for Grading at German Secondary Schools. A Comparative Study among all Federal Laender--Presentation and Discussions of Important Results.
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Bohl, Thorsten – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2003
Discusses a comparative study of regulations for assessment of achievement and grading in German secondary schools. Results reveal schools provide alternatives to traditional grading and take into account interdisciplinary or special learning achievements and social behavior. Summarizes major results. Discusses problems in the basic conception and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Differences, Evaluation Methods