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Rating Scale For Teacher Evaluation
Teachers can use rating scales to reflect the degree or frequency of the learner’s behaviours, abilities, and tactics. To continue with the light switch analogy, a rating scale is analogous to a dimmer switch that allows for a variety of performance levels. To describe the quality or frequency of student work, rating scales define the criteria and offer three or four answer options.
Rating scales can be used by teachers to record observations and by students as self-assessment tools. Teaching kids to utilize descriptive terms like “always,” “usually,” “sometimes,” and “never” assists them in identifying unique strengths and needs. Rating scales also provide students with information that may be used to develop objectives and improve performance. The descriptive word is more important than the associated number on a rating system.
The tool is more reliable if the terms for each scale point are exact and detailed.
Descriptors with easily understood metrics, such as frequency, are used in effective rating scales. Scales that rely on subjective quality adjectives, such as fair, good, or exceptional, are less successful since the single word does not provide enough information about what criteria are suggested at each of these places on the scale.
