Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness
The Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTE) is a University-wide
instructional assessment program mandated by the University Faculty Senate
for purposes of promotion and tenure reviews and other academic personnel
decisions. It involves in-class student ratings of teaching effectiveness
using survey items drawn from a large pool of items dealing with teaching
processes and outcomes. The SRTE survey form comprises three sections: the
first section contains four required items, one rating the
"overall effectiveness" of the course and the other rating the
"overall effectiveness" of the instructor. The second section contains from
five to fifteen items dealing with specific aspects of instruction that are
selected by the academic department from a large pool of items. The final
section contains from zero to five items selected by the instructor from
the pool of survey items. Other data useful in interpreting the survey
results, such as class size, proportion responding, and whether the course
is required or an elective, are also collected.
The Schreyer Institute
for Teaching Excellence supports the SRTE program by generating and
processing the survey forms and preparing individual faculty reports.
