Title: Multicriteria decision-making models for the evaluation and appraisal of teachers' performance

Authors: Avijit Mazumdar, Saurav Datta, Siba Sankar Mahapatra

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa-769008, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa-769008, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa-769008, India

Abstract: In the present reporting, a methodology adapted from multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) has been proposed in order to evaluate the overall performance of a teacher. Grey relational analysis has been explored in order to prioritise quality attributes that are expected to influence performance level of a teacher. Based on COPRAS-method, numerical values (interval scores) on different attributes assigned for a group of teachers (multiplied by individual weightage) have been accumulated to compute an overall quality estimate indicating the performance level of individual teachers. Application feasibility as well as the efficiency of this method and guidelines in solving such a multi-attribute decision-making problem has been described illustratively in this paper.

Keywords: multicriteria decision making; MCDM; grey relational analysis; teachers; teacher evaluation; perfoemance evaluation; teacher performance; COPRAS-G; complex proportional assessment; appraisal; prioritisation; quality attributes; numerical values; interval scores; individual weightage; overall quality estimates; performance levels; application feasibility; efficiency; teaching; education; schools; productivity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2010.034406

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2010 Vol.6 No.2, pp.213 - 230

Published online: 02 Aug 2010 *

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