The place of colleague evaluation in the appraisal of college teaching: A review of the literature

The Role of Colleagues in the Evaluation of College Teaching

“…For the most part reviewers simply mention possible activities in which faculty might engage when evaluating their colleagues; Batista (5) lists twenty-two different approaches ity and validity issues concerning key roles faculty can play in evaluating their colleagues' teaching have not been addressed.…”

“…A number of researchers have focused on the question of which criteria of teaching effectiveness faculty colleagues are best able to judge (5,9,II,17,36,38,43). Table 1 lists a consensus of the effectiveness criteria that can be used when colleagues are participating in a summative evaluation.…”

Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Agents Perceptions of the Agent Rating Method of the Performance Appraisal System

“…Conversely, others have concluded that using a peer rating method would have negative effects on satisfaction of office relationships, including impaired office relationship, poor employee acceptance, less agreement between raters, leniency in ratings, and the effect of jealousies and rivalries on the evaluation (Batista, 1976;DeNisi, Randolf, & Blancoe, 1983;and, Zedeck, Imparto, Krause, & Oleno, 1974). Satisfaction with a system of peer rating within the OCES could be affected by many variables associated with the individual county office situation.…”

Using colleague ratings to evaluate the faculty member's contribution to instruction

“…Formal colleague ratings are not widely used as an important means of evaluating instructional effectiveness (Batista, 1976;Miller, 1972;Seldin, 1975). This is due in part to the lack of credible, valid, and fair methods for obtaining such ratings.…”