Peer assessment of professional skills shows adequate reliability including in medicine, with outcomes generally at least equivalent to teacher assessment¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r? · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 1998 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Peer assessment of the professional performance of 187 medical interns was acceptable to subjects and adequately reliable despite self-chosen raters. → Keith Topping 1998 q2 i? In a randomized study of assertiveness training with 204 female students, significant treatment effects occurred on behavioral and self-report measures, with greater peer feedback yielding better assertive skills. → Keith Topping 1998 (2)

Evidence¶

Keith Topping 1998¶

Keith Topping. (1998). Peer Assessment Between Students in Colleges and Universities. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543068003249

q2 · i? · associational · r?

Study of peer assessment of professional performance of 187 medical interns reported by the review: "The process was acceptable to the subjects, and reliability was adequate despite the use of self-chosen raters."

"Ramsey and colleagues (1996) studied peer assessment of the professional performance of 187 medical interns. The process was acceptable to the subjects, and reliability was adequate despite the use of self-chosen raters."

Keith Topping 1998 (2)¶

Keith Topping. (1998). Peer Assessment Between Students in Colleges and Universities. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543068003249

q3 · i? · review · r3

Randomized study of peer feedback in assertiveness training with 204 female students; "Significant treatment effects occurred on both behavioral and self-report measures", and greater amounts of peer feedback resulted in better assertive skills.

"In a highly controlled randomized study, Tillmann (1981) investigated peer feedback in assertiveness training with 204 female students. Significant treatment effects occurred on both behavioral and self-report measures."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Peer marks and grades show acceptably high reliability with teachers' marks in most comparison studies, but a substantial minority report low reliability — a broader claim this one bears on
• Peer assessment of writing yields outcomes at least as good as teacher assessment and sometimes better — related