As participation in online learning continues to expand, higher education institutions must implement policies and procedures to ensure quality at the course, program, and institution levels. In this paper, the authors describe a process that the State University of New York (SUNY) System implemented, utilizing the OLC Quality Scorecard, to help…

THIS DOCUMENT OUTLINES GENERAL GUIDELINES, TYPES OF INFORMATION TO GATHER, AND PROCEDURES FOR AN ADEQUATE SCHOOL EVALUATION PROGRAM. WRITTEN PRIMARILY FOR SCHOOLS IN THE TEXAS SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT, THIS DOCUMENT COULD WELL BE USED BY ANY SMALL SCHOOL INTERESTED IN SELF EVALUATION. A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EVALUATION MATERIALS IS INCLUDED. (DD)

Many independent schools are now devising or revising procedures for assessing the performance of their teaching staffs. How can they make sure that their evaluation programs will be fair to the teacher and useful to the school and the community? Discusses some common pitfalls in faculty evaluation programs. (Author/RK)

Examines the evaluation of teaching in entire programs, departments, and institutions. Discusses the varying levels of evaluation and their corresponding methodologies, asserting that these indicate the broadening context in which the evaluation of teaching is now taking place. (EV)

This paper summarizes four years of experience in student evaluation of the cocurricular production program of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Kentucky. The data gathering had two goals: generating data that would be useful in the evaluation of theatre faculty during the annual merit-evaluation process and generating data that…

AN EVALUATION OF 34 INSTITUTES UNDER THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT (NDEA) FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN READING WAS CONDUCTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION TO ELICIT INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS--(1) CONGRUENCE OF PROGRAM WITH DETAILS OF THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, (2) EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM CONTENT, (3) EFFICIENCY…

Aspects of evaluation in higher education are reviewed, including its role, the range of approaches, components, techniques, mechanisms and institutions for evaluation, impacts, evaluation by students, evaluation of research quality, and levels of evaluation (system, institution, faculty). (MSE)

A survey and case studies of southern institutions show a great diversity in approaches to instructional evaluation and considerable unevenness in both the effectiveness of the systems in achieving their purposes and in the validity of some of the practices used. (Editor/LBH)

In an attempt to increase the quality and effectiveness of academic advising, an Auburn University task force examined the duties and responsibilities of academic advisors. Based on the job analysis, a behavioral/results-oriented appraisal system to assess advisor performance is recommended as valid, cost effective, and practical. (Author/MSE)

A summary is presented of an intensive assessment of the impact of a two-year effort to assist 30 colleges and universities to improve their faculty evaluation procedures. The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), supported by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, worked closely with teams of faculty and…

Student course evaluations are used at New College, Hofstra University as one of the tools to evaluate the effectiveness of New College courses and instructors. This report summarizes all aspects of the evaluations that were completed during 1974-75. The report: (1) summarizes the procedures used in administering the evaluations; (2) describes the…

The author offers a history and philosophy of the evaluation concept. She discusses the growth of educational evaluation, institutional evaluation and its relationship to planning, program and faculty evaluation, and evaluation models. (CT)

A comprehensive program to evaluate and improve a medical school's instruction is described. The system integrates quantitative measures of teaching, descriptive documentation, and qualitative judgments on the full spectrum of medical instruction. Results of two studies showing instructional improvement and academic promotions as a result of the…

An evaluation of the University of Colorado's posttenure faculty peer review process found that, although the process was successful in identifying faculty whose efforts might be reinvigorated through faculty development, the resources to effect change had seldom been forthcoming. The most useful aspect of the review was the most neglected. (MSE)

Fifty-eight special education teacher preparation programs participated in this study which examined: (1) existing practices, policies, and levels of satisfaction about special education teacher program assessment activities and (2) methods used to assess student learning outcomes and faculty effectiveness. Internal and external program and…