Faculty Evaluation

Support information on using IDEA for faculty evaluation:

Video: Understanding Adjusted Scores

Bill Pallett, President of The IDEA Center, explains understanding adjusted scores. Tips for best viewing experience:

  • Click the "Understanding Adjusted Scores" link directly above
  • Have a report in front of you for reference
  • Click the button to the left of the volume control to switch to full screen
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Using IDEA Results for Administrative Decision Making

PDF file with useful tips and strategies for making instructional and administrative decisions based on Student Ratings of Instruction results:

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Interpretative Guide: IDEA Diagnostic Form Report

This interpretative PDF guide provides information to help you understand your IDEA Diagnostic Form Report. You will find links in each section that provide expanded details about various topics related to IDEA and the use of student ratings:

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Interpretative Guide: IDEA Short Form Report

This interpretative PDF guide provides information to help you understand your IDEA Short Form Report. You will find links in each section that provide expanded details about various topics related to IDEA and the use of student ratings:

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Interpreting Adjusted Scores

A PDF guide to Interpreting Adjusted Scores.

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Number of Responses and Response Rate

PDF with a breakdown of responses and response rate messages provided on IDEA Reports:

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Value and Limitations of Student Ratings

Student ratings of instruction have been the subject of over 2,000 published research studies. The vast majority of these offer assurance that ratings possess acceptable reliability (if there are at least 10 raters). Ratings have also been shown to be reasonably valid in a number of different ways. Perhaps the most convincing of these are the studies of multiple sections of large courses in which student ratings were highest for instructors whose students made the best grades on a common final examination.

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IDEA Paper 36 -- Appraising Teaching Effectiveness

The following is a PDF version of IDEA Paper 36 on appraising teaching effectiveness:

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IDEA Paper 33 -- Developing an Effective Faculty Evaluation

The following is a PDF of IDEA Paper 33 on developing an effective faculty evaluation system:

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