Title
Rating teaching in the USA: Probing the qualifications of student raters and novice teachers
Abstract
In the USA, student ratings of their instructors are routinely used by administrators in higher education in making decisions regarding instructors' salary adjustments, tenure and promotion. However, when the rating qualifications of amateur student raters and novice public school teachers who have received training that should have enabled them to become qualified raters are examined closely, there are good reasons for believing that both groups of raters are not qualified to give reliable ratings on most high-inference questionnaire items.
Department(s)
Childhood Education and Family Studies
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293960210102
Publication Date
12-1-1996
Recommended Citation
Newport, John F. "Rating teaching in the USA: Probing the qualifications of student raters and novice teachers." Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 21, no. 1 (1996): 17-21.
Journal Title
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
