Student evaluations of teaching are an inadequate assessment tool for evaluating faculty performance

Literature is examined to support the contention that student evaluations of teaching (SET) should not be used for summative evaluation of university faculty. Recommendations for alternatives to SET are provided.

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Published in:Cogent education Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 1304016 - 1304023
Main Author: Hornstein, Henry A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Cogent 01.01.2017
Cogent OA
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects:
College Administration
College Faculty
College Students
Competence
Consumer Economics
Departments
Educational Assessment
Educational History
Educational Quality
Educational research
Evaluation Methods
Faculty Evaluation
Faculty Promotion
Instructional Effectiveness
Literature Reviews
Observation
Opinions
Organizational Change
Paper (Material)
Rating Scales
Statistical Data
Student Attitudes
Student Evaluation
Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance
student evaluations of teaching
Student Satisfaction
Student Surveys
Summative Evaluation
Teacher Competencies
Teacher Competency Testing
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher evaluations
teaching
teaching evaluation
Tenure
Test Validity
university faculty evaluation
Validity
ISSN:2331-186X, 2331-186X
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Summary:Literature is examined to support the contention that student evaluations of teaching (SET) should not be used for summative evaluation of university faculty. Recommendations for alternatives to SET are provided.
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ISSN:2331-186X
2331-186X
DOI:10.1080/2331186X.2017.1304016