A Report on the Continued Use of SRIs for tenure and promotion decisions by the UVU Administration
A Report on the Continued Use of SRIs for tenure and promotion decisions by the UVU Administration 20 March 2022 First, a case from last year for important context. Spring 2021, Denial of Tenure In the course of the appeal, two Faculty Senate Committees voted unanimously that the administrators had erred in their denial of tenure, a denial based solely on SRI scores and student comments. The decision was overturned, and tenure was bestowed. The reevaluation committee made lengthy comments based on their analysis, including the following: · The committee questioned the reliability of SRI scores, a general problem exacerbated when SRIs are used without context. · Although Academic Affairs repeatedly denies that there is a cut off score for SRIs, the committee pointed out that in this case SRI scores judged as low were a key factor in evaluating teaching effectiveness. · T he committee noted that the courses in question were quite rigorous. Numerous studi