The association of performance ratings of teachers and achievement of students in the classroom

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A factor analysis of K-12 student feedback items and the association of these items to criterion-referenced tests in reading, language arts, and mathematics

“…3. The findings of previous research conducted by Hidlebaugh (1973), Judkins (1987), Omotani (1993), Weber (1993), Wilcox (1995), Dietz (1996), and Wilkerson (1997),…”

“…In a recent smdy by Wilkerson (1997), a significant positive correlation was foxmd to exist between smdents' ratings of their teacher and student achievement in three subjects. He also found that there was no correlation between how the principals rated the teachers with how well smdents performed.…”

“…4. Instrument items reflect effective teaching practices as developed and refined by researchers Hidlebaugh (1973), Judkins (1987), Weber (1992), Omotani (1992), Wilcox (1995), and Wilkerson (1997).…”

“…Dietz (1996) conducted a factor analysis of the 20 items from the 9-12 teacher evaluation sinrvey developed by the School Improvement Model research team and has found three distinct cluster-groups. And most recently, Wilkerson (1997) compared smdent ratings of teachers, teachers' self-ratings, and the principal's ratings of the teachers including the summative evaluation report, and correlated all of these with scores from criterion-referenced measures tests in reading, language arts, and math. He found significant positive correlations between overall smdent ratings of their teachers and smdent achievement in the three subject areas of reading, language arts, and mathematics.…”

“…This factor analytic smdy combines the research efforts of Dietz (1996) and the recommendations from Wilkerson's (1997) smdy to determine what aspects of teaching a set of K-12 smdent feedback instruments are measuring. That is, this smdy examines the multidimensional properties of existing smdent feedback instruments in order to enhance the diagnostic use, and value, of the instruments.…”