Meta-evaluation of the quality evaluation mechanism of teaching faculty members based on educational documentation

The present study aimed at Meta evaluation the mechanism of faculty members’ teaching quality evaluation based on educational documentation in Shahid Sadougi University of Medical Sciences.

This was a developmental study, carried out based on Stufflebeam's meta-evaluation approach, in four dimensions, including utility (n=7), feasibility (n=3), propriety (n=8) and accuracy (n=12).

Meta-evaluation indicated that the highest total score belonged to the "accuracy" standard (45) and the lowest was that of the "feasibility". Also, the percentage of meta-evaluation power in the two standards "accuracy" (93.75%) and "utility" (85.5%) was evaluated at the highest level, and the percentage of power in the "feasibility" standard (58.3%) was at the lowest level. The percentage of meta-evaluation power in the standard of "propriety" (74.2%) was evaluated at a very good level.

The current results showed that faculty members’ evaluation by educational documents was recognized as a proper approach for teacher evaluation. It seems that applying this mechanism can help accurate and appropriate evaluation, besides following ethical and practical criteria for the promotion of teacher evaluation systems.