W hen Phoebe Young began working at the University of Colorado at Boulder as an assistant professor of history in 2009, her annual teaching reviews were fairly perfunctory. Everyone knew, she says, ...

A recent story on the problem of how teaching is evaluated struck a chord with many in higher education. As our reporting showed, student course evaluations — which are known to be flawed measures — ...

An evaluation system that claims near-universal success while most students struggle is not measuring reality ― it’s ...

Linda Darling-Hammond, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Edward Haertel, Jesse Rothstein, Phi Delta Kappan Practitioners, researchers, and policy makers agree that most current teacher evaluation systems do ...

Over the past few decades, colleges and universities have become increasingly corporatized, to the point that students are seen as consumers who are recruited through promises of a safe and wonderful ...

Evaluating teaching effectively requires thoughtful alignment with evidence-based practices and the inclusion of diverse perspectives. The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) supports departments and ...

Effective teaching requires teacher confidence. It impacts teachers' performance and students’ reactions and learning outcomes. However, as we expected, there are major differences between male and ...

As the close of the academic year arrives and students complete their coursework, we turn our attention to the importance of end-of-semester evaluation. Course evaluations often carry misconceptions ...

Student evaluations of teaching (SET) are a popular measure of teaching effectiveness, which center students’ perspectives. However, research shows that SET scores have limitations, including ...

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill to revamp the teacher evaluation system, aiming to move beyond standardized testing as the sole measure of student improvement. The proposed pilot program ...

Student feedback can be broadly categorized as summative or formative. Summative feedback, such as RIT’s Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness (SRATE), is gathered at the conclusion of a course ...