This paper presents a quantitative index to measure professor performance (IAD-Indicador de Avaliação Docente, professor evaluation index) that can be used as a tool for the evaluation of professors in higher education institutions. This index is in accordance with the institutional indicators established by REUNI (a government program to support the reorganization and expansion of Brazilian federal universities), and also has important features such as robustness and exogenous practice, considering other aspects of the professors actuation in higher education institutions such as retirement, academic management, extension activities and qualified scientific production, that are not included in the formulation of REUNI indicators. Other fundamental aspects are also included, such as the quality of undergraduate courses and the efficiency of graduate courses, through accounting for the rate of titled students. Therefore, IAD provides a complete professor evaluation considering the whole of their activities, namely, teaching, research, extension and academic management, in both undergraduate and graduate courses. The results show that the indicator is robust and the attainment of the aims proposed is feasible. The IAD can be used as a valuable tool in the academic policy and management of the institutions in accordance with government and state policies. Some parameters of the indicator can be adjusted in order to satisfy specific goals and academic policies of the institutions.
Evaluation indicator; Professor performance; Higher education institutions; REUNI
