Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTEs)

The Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness (SRTEs) are Penn State's locally developed instrument for gathering feedback from students at the end of the term. The SRTEs were approved by the University Faculty Senate in 1985 and are administered by the Office of the Vice Provost of Academic Affairs.

The Schreyer Institute manages the SRTE process and helps facilitate appropriate use of SRTE data.

Contact a Schreyer Institute consultant for help:

• interpreting your SRTE results
• responding to students’ comments
• using your SRTEs as a baseline for teaching improvement

Go to the SRTE website to:

• View your SRTE results
• View the SRTE calendar
• Identify SRTE representatives
• Learn about the SRTE process
• Order paper SRTE forms
• View available SRTE question choices

Additional Resources

• Appendix A of Statement of Practices for the Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness for Promotion and Tenure (pdf)
• A Guide to Using and Analyzing the SRTE (pdf) Penn State internal report
• Kansas State IDEA Center Resources IDEA Papers No. 20 and No. 32, used with permission
• Making Sense of Student Evaluations, Lehigh University

SRTEs

SRTE Q&A handouts