Development and Testing of a Core Set of

University-Wide Teaching Effectiveness Items

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements i
Executive Summary ii
Introduction 1
Summary of Content Analysis
1
Development of Factors 1
Content Analysis Procedures
2
Development of Items
3
Implementing the Senate Resolution
4
Reliability
6
Procedures
6
Results
6
Frequencies
8
Validity
9
Hambleton Method Testing
9
Procedures
10
Results
10
Web Survey
11
Procedures
11
Results
12
Item Comparison Analysis
24
Factor Analysis
26
Conclusions and Recommendations
28

Development and Testing of a Core Set of

University-Wide Teaching Effectiveness Items

List of Appendices

Academic Senate Resolution RF00-174
A
Agreement for Development of a Core Set of University-Wide
Teaching Effectiveness Items with Testing Strategies
B
Letter to Faculty C
Reliability Analysis Correlation Matrix
D
Frequencies for Proposed Core Items
E
Memo to Faculty Academic Senators
F
Web-Based Survey Instrument
G
Web Survey Flier
H
Transcript of Qualitative Faculty Responses to Web Survey
I
Transcript of Qualitative Student Responses to Web Survey
J
Memo to Faculty Affairs Committee
K
Item Comparisons with National Instruments
L