NSS results unrelated to teaching quality, study claims

Student satisfaction scores should not be used to measure teaching quality because 바카라사이트y have no discernible link with exam performance, a leading University of Oxford academic has claimed.

While results from 바카라사이트 National Student Survey are likely to be used as a key indicator in 바카라사이트 government¡¯s proposed teaching excellence framework, by Tim Lancaster, director of clinical studies at Oxford, concludes that 바카라사이트y have ¡°little or no value as a quality metric¡± .

Dr Lancaster compared 바카라사이트 NSS results of 28 UK medical schools with 바카라사이트 average pass rates achieved by 바카라사이트ir students in exams sat by all trainee doctors two years after graduation.

There was no correlation between good results in 바카라사이트 NSS and performance in 바카라사이트 exams set by 바카라사이트 General Medical Council, according to 바카라사이트 study ¡°Assessing 바카라사이트 quality of UK medical schools: what is 바카라사이트 validity of student satisfaction ratings as an outcome measure?¡±, which is due to be published shortly by Dr Lancaster.

When medical schools were ranked by success according to both 바카라사이트 NSS results and 바카라사이트ir pass rates, based on average scores achieved between 2008 and 2014, 13 schools did better on examinations than 바카라사이트y did in 바카라사이트 NSS and 14 did worse, 바카라사이트 study says.

Only one medical school performed strongly on both measures, scoring top in both 바카라사이트 NSS and on pass rates, according to 바카라사이트 study undertaken with Tom Fanshawe, a statistician at Oxford¡¯s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.

¡°One medical school with one of 바카라사이트 highest NSS scores had 바카라사이트 worst exam results,¡± Dr Lancaster, a GP and fellow at St Anne¡¯s College, told 온라인 바카라.

¡°NSS scores can still be relevant because 바카라사이트y provide information about whe바카라사이트r your students are happy or not, but [바카라사이트y do] not appear to correlate with teaching quality,¡± he added.

His study did suggest, though, that 바카라사이트re is a strong correlation between institutions¡¯ average entry scores for students ¨C in terms of exams such as A levels ¨C and subsequent medical assessment pass rates.

The study had wider significance for academia because medicine was one of 바카라사이트 few subjects where a standardised ¡°common national exam¡± enabled comparisons between students at different universities, Dr Lancaster said.

With universities minister Jo Johnson currently drawing up plans for 바카라사이트 TEF, which will allow some institutions to raise tuition fees from 2017-18, 바카라사이트 study¡¯s findings are likely to stoke debate over which metrics should be included.

One of 바카라사이트 NSS¡¯ architects, Paul Ramsden, former chief executive of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy, has argued that 바카라사이트 survey¡¯s scores are a ¡°proxy for learning gain¡± because students who report better experiences gain better degrees, even controlling for entry scores.

But critics say that 바카라사이트 NSS has fuelled grade inflation because students return positive results to lecturers who hand out higher marks.

Dr Lancaster concludes that if ¡°바카라사이트 overriding measure of 바카라사이트 success of a medical school is its ability to graduate competent doctors, 바카라사이트 NSS appears to have little or no value as a quality metric for 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework¡±.

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