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The validity of elementary school pupil ratings of the teaching performance of thirty-three student teachers was examined. Ratings of college supervisors and supervising teachers were criteria for contrast of validity coefficients of pupil ratings. The measures of student teacher performance were the nine competencies (30 indicators) of the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI). Results of the analyses of variance indicated that elementary school pupil ratings were statistically significantly lower than either college supervisor or supervising teacher ratings on four of the nine teacher competencies. In addition, correlations between the TPAI ratings of college supervisors and supervising teachers were moderately high, with a median correlation of .55. However, pupil ratings were not significantly related to either college supervisor or supervising teacher ratings (criterion measure), with median correlations of .19 and .18, respectively. The data were interpreted as suggesting that elementary school pupils are not valid evaluators of student teacher performance.

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Interrelationships among College Supervisor,Supervising Teacher,and Elementary Pupil Ratings of Student Teaching Performance

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