Evidence of Measurement and Equity Bias in Standard Evaluations of Teaching

Standard Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) are commonly used in critical personnel decisions in academia. Despite their ubiquity, SETs are problematic because of their known measurement and equity biases. The policy brief below summarizes a recent paper, Evaluating Student Evaluations of Teaching, with Dr. Jennie Sweet-Cushman on SET biases.

Evaluating Evals Policy Brief

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Link to Evaluating Student Evaluations of Teaching peer reviewed article

Kreitzer, R. J., & Sweet-Cushman, J. (2021). Evaluating Student Evaluations of Teaching: a Review of Measurement and Equity Bias in SETs and Recommendations for Ethical Reform. Journal of Academic Ethics, 1-12.

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