Dilemmas in Quality Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Patry, Jean-Luc; Gastager, Angela
Titel	Dilemmas in Quality Assessment
Quelle	In: Quality of Higher Education, 1 (2004), S.60-79 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1822-1645
Schlagwörter	Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance; Classification; Values; Conflict; Ethics; Evaluation Methods; Decision Making; Evaluation Problems; Stakeholders; Legislation; College Students; Test Validity; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Policy; College Faculty; College Instruction; International Education; Institutional Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Educational Indicators; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Criteria; Quality Control; Educational Assessment; Faculty Evaluation; Test Reliability; Measurement Techniques; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Wertbegriff; Konflikt; Ethik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Gesetzgebungslehre; Collegestudent; Testvalidität; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Fakultät; Hochschullehre; Internationale Erziehung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Qualitätskontrolle; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Testreliabilität; Messtechnik; Österreich
Abstract	A taxonomy of potential values conflicts in evaluations is presented. Basis is the distinction of types of conflict (aims vs. means conflicts; qualitative vs. quantitative conflicts). Six areas of values are discussed: the ethical, methodical, social and interactive, legal, economic, and personal values. The taxonomy of conflicts between these values is applied to a concrete evaluation process, namely the student rating of teaching at the University of Salzburg. Some of the conflicts are discussed, e.g. bandwidth vs. fidelity, individual vs. social and criterion oriented reference norm, student ratings vs. evaluation, and cheating teachers. It is suggested to use the taxonomy before starting an evaluation. (Contains 2 footnotes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Vytautas Magnus University, Centre for Quality of Studies. South Daukanto g. 27-314, Kaunas, LT-44249, Lithuania. Tel: +370-37-327973; Fax: +370-37-327973; e-mail: zur+amk@skc.vdu.lt; Web site: http://www.vdu.lt/skc
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10