Interpreting Student Ratings of Instructors, A Literature Review
The following review is the work of UVU faculty, provided here by Alex Simon, former President of the UVU Chapter of the AFT as part of his ongoing research on a subject that has and continues to trouble colleagues denied tenure or promotion largely on the basis of SRI scores and comments [the AFT and the AAUP have joined forces nationally and at UVU as well] Interpreting Student Ratings of Instruction: A Literature Review by the Utah Valley University Chapters of the American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers A significant and established body of peer-reviewed research provides the following results and guidelines for interpreting student ratings of instruction (SRIs) / student evaluations of teaching (SETs): 1. Peer-reviewed research has repeatedly shown that SRIs are not a highly valid measure of teaching effectiveness . a. Peer-reviewed research on the relation between SRIs and teaching effectiveness stretches back over