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Long-term stability of tutor performance

D H Dolmans1, I H Wolfhagen, C P van der Vleuten

  • 1Department of Educational Development and Research, Maastricht University, The Netherlands. dolmans@educ.unimaas.nl

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
|December 1, 1996
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Tutor performance ratings are stable over time. A single evaluation is sufficient for decisions about promotion, salary, and tenure, ensuring reliable data for summative purposes.

Area of Science:

  • Medical education research
  • Higher education assessment

Background:

  • Teaching performance evaluations are crucial for academic career progression.
  • Reliability of tutor assessments is vital for fair decision-making in promotion, tenure, and salary processes.
  • Previous research established interrater reliability with six student responses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the long-term stability of tutor performance ratings.
  • To determine the number of evaluation occasions needed for reliable assessment.
  • To investigate the reliability of tutor evaluations over repeated instances.

Main Methods:

  • A generalizability study analyzed 291 ratings from 97 tutors across three academic years.
  • Evaluations were conducted on sequential tutoring occasions.

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  • Both aggregate scores (13 items) and overall judgments were analyzed.

    • Main Results:

    • Two evaluation occasions are recommended for overall judgment reliability.
    • Four evaluation occasions are suggested for aggregate score reliability.
    • A single evaluation occasion is adequate for decisions based on cutoff scores.

    Conclusions:

    • Tutor performance data collected over time is reliable for summative decisions.
    • Long-term data collection supports fair evaluations for promotion, salary, and tenure.
    • The study confirms the utility of repeated assessments for evaluating teaching effectiveness.