We argue that the multisection validation design is the strongest design for addressing the
degree to which student ratings predict teacher-produced learning. Results of several dozen …

The literature on student ratings of teaching can be characterized as (1) very extensive,(2)
contradictory, and (3) of highly variable quality. This article is based on an extensive review …

The validity of student rating measures of instructional quality was severely questioned in
the 1970s. By the early 1980s, however, most expert opinion viewed student rating …

This paper focuses on a critical analysis and reanalysis of two earlier multisection validity
meta-analyses of student ratings of instruction. The reanalysis is based on a sharpening of …

The present study used meta-analytic methodology to synthesize research on the
relationship between student ratings of instruction and student achievement. The data for the …

Despite the lead article's title,“Validity Concerns and Usefulness of Student Ratings of
Instruction”(Greenwald, November 1997) in the American Psychologist's special section on …

Many colleges and universities have adopted the use of student ratings of instruction as one
(often the most influential) measure of instructional effectiveness. In this article, the authors …

Method Using Dowell and Neal's criteria for selection of studies-the use of section means
and ability controls-twenty-two independent validity studies were located, reporting on forty …

This study used a pre/post design to assess student learning for the purposes of examining
relationships among student grades, student learning, and student evaluations of teaching …

Through a half‐century of research on student ratings, the constant quest has been to prove
or disprove the existence of biasing factors. What have we learned, and what has happened …