Phyllis Blumberg, in Assessing and Improving Your Teaching: Strategies and Rubrics for Faculty Growth and Student Learning (2013), identifies two primary goals of assessing teaching effectiveness. The ...

The Institutional Effectiveness - Teaching Connection (formerly known as Assessment Briefs) is a collaborative product of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness (OIRE) and the Center ...

In the initial days of academe’s shift to remote teaching (formerly known as “spring break”), one of the many concerns weighing heavily on the minds of faculty members was how their teaching would be ...

Each year, in its annual performance and accountability report, the City University of New York discloses the gap between the actual and predicted graduation rates of full-time, first-time freshmen in ...

The Teaching Effectiveness series seeks to bolster the teaching practice of all UAB instructors through workshops that inspire continuous improvement in teaching skills. Participation in each workshop ...

Peer observation holds significant importance in improving the teaching effectiveness of instructors, as it provides a platform for instructors to engage in reflective practice, allowing them to ...

A previous study (Rahnema et al., 2003) reported on students' perceptions of the "Student Evaluation of Instruction" (SEI) instrument. Since students constituted only one side of the course ...

While controversial, VAM has played a powerful and increasingly important role in K-12 assessment. It’s become the centerpiece of governmental accountability initiatives at the city, state, and ...

Effective assessment is a cornerstone of teaching and learning, providing educators with valuable insights into student progress, understanding, and achievement. Whether you're teaching a large ...

Evaluating faculty members' teaching during tenure review continues to be a challenge for several departments, according to the 2012 report from the Teaching, Promotions and Appointments Committee, a ...

Here’s the hype: New York City’s “worst teacher” was recently singled out and so labeled by the New York Post after the city’s education department released value-added test-score ratings to the media ...