We have also begun developing the Student Observed Inventory of Methods and Practices Associated with Competent Teaching, or SO-IMPACT. The SO-IMPACT is based on the F-IMPACT, where we have removed items that would not be observable to students, specifically sections V and VI. We also modified language to reflect solicitation of students' observations as opposed to instructors' intent. This inventory is being designed as a potential replacement for traditional student course evaluations. It focuses on observed research-verified high-impact practices, lacks subjective and affect items, and provides feedback to instructors that is directly actionable. This inventory is currently in early development. A draft has been developed by a team composed of discipline-based education researchers in the sciences and social sciences and education researchers. This version has been reviewed by faculty across a diverse selection of disciplines (STEM, social science, humanities, and arts) to establish broad, multi-discipline face-validity. Initial student focus groups and pilot deployment in live courses are ongoing to determine face validity for the intended audience. Inter-rater reliability will be established by measuring SO-IMPACT score variability and standard deviation across respondents in the same courses. We will also be comparing SO-IMPACT scores with faculty self-reported F-IMPACT scores and expert observations to determine criterion validity.

Version 1 of the SO-IMPACT will be posted here after the first complete validation and reliability round.