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Evaluating Student Teachers: A Criterion-Referenced Approach.
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Simpson, Kawanna J.; Smith, C. Leland – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1980
A single-letter grade, the traditional method of reporting the performance of student teachers, does not adequately reflect the strengths and weaknesses of vocational students' abilities to teach both content and skills. A criterion-referenced approach can provide a more descriptive record of each student teacher's competencies. (CT)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Criteria, Grading, Student Evaluation
Student-Instructor Agreement in Scoring an Essay Examination
Nealey, Stanley M. – J Educ Res, 1969
"Students in a college course were given written criteria, divided into teams, and asked to score their own essay examination... The results support the generalization that subjective scoring standards are readily communicable. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Essay Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Grading
Grading Teachers' Grading Policies.
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Friedman, Stephen J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1998
Proposes guidelines for principals attempting to evaluate teachers' grading policies. Principals should understand teachers' perspectives, ask for copies of their grading policies, be wary of traits (like "effort") not measuring achievement, consider grading information quality, think about homework's role, expect teachers to use numbers and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Evaluation Criteria, Grading
Why Talk About Different Ways to Grade? The Shift from Traditional Assessment to Alternative Assessment.
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Anderson, Rebecca S. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1998
Reasons for a national shift from traditional to alternative assessment practices are examined, and the philosophical beliefs and theoretical assumptions of traditional and alternative assessment are examined. Classroom implications of this paradigm shift for instructional strategies, formative and summative evaluation, development of rubrics used…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Educational Trends
Are Student Ratings of Teacher Effectiveness Valid? IDEA Paper No. 2.
Aubrecht, Judith D. – 1979
Issues pertaining to the validity of student ratings of teaching effectiveness are considered, and research results are evaluated. The following extraneous variables that affect student ratings but are not under the control or influence of the teacher are examined: class size, initial student motivation, academic field, teacher characteristics,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Evaluation Criteria, Grading
Educational Assessment
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Hogan, Thomas P. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2005
Following a practical approach, this book focuses on educational assessment as it is practiced today, in the actual world of classrooms, school systems, state departments, and national organizations. It first covers the basic concepts applicable to all types of assessment: statistical concepts, reliability, validity, and interpretive frameworks.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Statistics, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Administration of Schools in the Smaller Cities. Bulletin, 1922, No. 2
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Deffenbaugh, W.S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
The demand for Bulletin 1915 No. 44, School Administration in the smaller cities, having been so great that the supply was soon exhausted, and the demand for it still being great, a new-bulletin regarding the administration of schools in the smaller cities has been prepared. The information contained in it was collected by means of a…
Descriptors: School Administration, Urban Schools, Superintendents, Principals