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The Ontario Universities’ Teaching Evaluation Toolkit: Feasibility Study, Alan W. Wright, Beverley Hamilton, Joy Mighty, Jill Scott, Bill Muirhead

Centre for Teaching and Learning Reports

This feasibility study (the first of three phases) sought to develop a framework for improvement-oriented formative and summative assessment of teaching in Ontario. It is intended to inform future developments in teaching evaluation in the Province, and to offer a well-contextualized understanding of what the goals of teaching evaluation ought to be, what the challenges are, and the kinds of initiatives and infrastructure that would best promote the evolution of a data- informed and inquiry-inspiring approach to evaluating and improving teaching.

Our institutionally-based project teams identified and examined leading teaching evaluation practices in use internationally, compared to those in use …