

Tyler first coined the term evaluation as it pertained to schooling. In this capacity, he designed a number of path-breaking service studies. He was hired to assist OSU faculty with the task of improving their teaching and increasing student retention at the university.

He joined a team of scholars directed by Charters at the university’s Bureau of Educational Research, taking the position of director of accomplishment testing in the bureau. Charters to the Ohio State University (OSU). Upon graduation in 1927, Tyler took an appointment at the University of North Carolina, where he worked with teachers in the state on improving curricula. Charters at Chicago led to a research focus on teaching and testing. degree from the University of Chicago.Īfter starting his career in education as a science teacher in South Dakota, Tyler went to the University of Chicago to pursue a doctorate in educational psychology. degree from the University of Nebraska (1923) while working there as assistant supervisor of sciences (1922-1927). degree from Doane College in Crete, Nebraska, and began teaching high school in Pierre, South Dakota. In 1921, at the age of 19, Tyler received the A.B. Ralph Winfred Tyler was born April 22, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, and soon thereafter (1904) moved to Nebraska. His influence was especially felt in the field of testing, where he transformed the idea of measurement into a grander concept that he called evaluation in the field of curriculum, where he designed a rationale for curriculum planning in the realm of educational policy. Tyler’s(1902–1994) illustrious career in education resulted in major contributions to the policy and practice of American schooling. Ed, Ph.Dįormer Principal, K.L.D.A.V.(P.G) College, Roorkee, India
