Philippine E-Journals

Students’ Grade Vs. Teachers’ Evaluation: An Empirical Validation

Jesse Susada

 

Abstract:

The importance of student evaluation for promotion leads teachers to be lenient in exchange of a good evaluation result. This study looks into the possible effects of midterm grades to the evaluation results of teachers at the end of the semester. The study utilized data mining approach to determine relationships between the two variables. Grades and evaluation results were taken from the Electronic Data Processing Center of the school. Both parametric and non-parametric analyses were employed in the study. Findings revealed a weak correlation between the midterm grades of students and their evaluation rating of teachers. Looking at grading leniency versus teacher status, it was found out that grades of full-time faculty was significantly higher compared to part time; and grades of tenured faculty was significantly higher compared to their probationary counterpart. Therefore, higher education institution administrators who use results of student evaluation as a key indicator of the effectiveness of teachers should be very careful as these results might not represent the true performance of a teacher inside the classroom.