An economic analysis of the use of student evaluations: implications for universities

Kanagaretnam, Kiridaran; Thevaranjan, Alex

doi:10.1002/mde.1099

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“…Another survey that is used widely to measure the quality of the teaching process from the students' opinions is the “student evaluations of teaching (SETs)” (Bastick, 2001, pp. 1‐2), which is used widely in the US as a part of the QA cycle to help in decisions about the promotion, the payment and the tenure of the teachers (Kanagaretnam et al , 2003, p. 1).…”

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A model of student involvement in the quality assurance system at institutional level

Elassy

2013

Quality Assurance in Education

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PurposeThis paper aims to create a theoretical model of student involvement in the institutional quality assurance process at their universities.Design/methodology/approachThe model suggested in this paper was created and developed from a critical examination of relevant literature on stakeholder involvement in decision making and quality assurance processes, regarding different disciplines.FindingsThis paper presents a theoretical model of student involvement in the institutional quality assurance with its diminutions, categories and 20 rungs of student activities. It suggests a definition of student involvement term, regarding participating in the quality assurance process at higher education institutions. The importance of involving students in quality assurance procedures has been discussed. The paper provides some international experiences about student involvement in institutional QAP depending on the categories of student involvement activities that were suggested in the theoretical model.Originality/valueThe paper reveals a comprehensive model of student involvement that allows a full understanding of the extent and nature of the activities which higher education students undertake when they involve themselves in the quality assurance process at their institution.

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A model of student involvement in the quality assurance system at institutional level

Elassy

2013

Quality Assurance in Education

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“…Further, they note that SEIs should be designed to capture data on course materials and curriculum design/course development and other relevant dimensions of effective teaching. In defense of SEIs , Kanagaretnam et al (2003), showed that the use of student evaluations in the assessment of professors "had a positive impact as they had the potential to improve the professor effort and consequently the acquired knowledge of students. "…”

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Standard Of Measurement For Student Evaluation Instruments

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Cadden

Mattie

2008

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“…Economists have thoroughly characterized the dynamics between professors, disciplines, and institutions that contribute to grade inflation at this level (Sabot & Wakeman-Linn, 1991;Yip & Yang 2003;Chan, Hao, & Suen, 2007). The role of student evaluations of professors has been highlighted as a major contributor to grade inflation (Kanagaretnam, Mathieu, & Thevaranjan, 2003). However, much less attention has been given to grade inflation at lower levels.…”

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Does Competition Among Schools Encourage Grade Inflation?

Walsh¹

2010

Journal of School Choice

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This paper considers whether high schools in competitive environments use grade inflation to attract and retain families, perhaps in addition to more constructive responses. Two measures of grade inflation are used: the cutoffs used by each school to assign a letter grade to a percent score and high school grade point average after controlling for test scores, a rich set of student and school characteristics, and (for a subset) college grade point average. Two measures of competition are used: the enrollment-based concentration of school districts in metropolitan areas and an instrument for this concentration. In both ordinary least squares and instrumental variable, increased competition significantly affects grade cutoffs: a one standard deviation increase in competition results in about a 0.12 to 0.18 standard deviation fall in the grade cutoffs (ceteris paribus, lower cutoffs yield higher grades). These estimates are lower bounds on the effect. However, in both ordinary least squares and instrumental variable, competition does not significantly affect the actual assigned grades as measured by grade point average. This pattern of results suggests that school administrators under competitive pressure may ease grade standards but that teachers may readjust their scoring to leave actual grades relatively unchanged.

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An economic analysis of the use of student evaluations: implications for universities

Cited by 22 publications

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A model of student involvement in the quality assurance system at institutional level

A model of student involvement in the quality assurance system at institutional level

Standard Of Measurement For Student Evaluation Instruments

Does Competition Among Schools Encourage Grade Inflation?

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