Types of Evaluation

Ms. GURKIRAT KAURASST. PROF.

CHITKARA UNIVERSITY

MEDICAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

CLASS TESTS

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

PLACEMENT EVALUATION

• Designed to place the right person in the right place

• Determine the level of child in the instructional sequence

• Teacher planned scheme of instruction for classroom to bring a change in pupil’s behaviour in an orderly manner

• Then educators prepare/ place students for planned instruction for their better prospects

PLACEMENT EVALUATION

Before undertaking new instruction it is essential to know:

• Does the pupil possess required knowledge and skills for the instruction?

• Whether the pupil has already mastered some of the instructional objectives?

• Whether the mode of instruction is suitable for pupils?

PLACEMENT EVALUATION

The ANSWERS are obtained through

• Aptitude Test

• Self- reporting Inventories

• Medical Entrance Examinations

• Engineering Entrance Examinations

FORMATIVE EVALUATION

• Used to monitor the progress of students during the period of instruction

• Used to provide continuous feedback to both teachers and students regarding learning successes and failures while instruction is in progress

• Provides reinforcement on being successful and identification of specific learning errors

• Feedback to teachers provides information for modifying instruction and for providing remedial work

• Formative evaluation is concerned not only with the appraisal of the achievement but also with its improvement

FORMATIVE EVALUATION

FORMATIVE EVALUATION

Formative Evaluation thus aids in• Diagnosing• Placement• Monitoring

Examples:• Monthly Tests• Class Tests• Periodical assessments• Teachers’ observations

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION

• Concerned with identifying the learning difficulties or weakness of pupils during instruction

• Tries to locate the specific areas of weakness of a pupil

• Provide remedial instruction to the pupils

Diagnostic Tests

Observational Techniques

Advice from Specialists

DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

• Done at the end of a course of instruction

• Used to know to what extent the previously fixed objectives have been accomplished

• Used to assign grades to the pupils

• Indicated the degree to which students have mastered the content

Functions of summative evaluation are

• Crediting• Certifying• Promoting• Selecting

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

Examples

• Traditional school and university examination

• Teacher made tests

• Standardized tests

SUMMATIVE EVALUATION

• Raman got 93 % marks in a test of Mathematics.

• Raman stood first in Mathematics test in his class.

• A typist types 60 words per minute.• The typist who types 60 words per

minute stands above 90% of the typists who appeared in the interview

Criterion- Referenced Evaluation

• Concerned with performance of individual in terms of what he can do or the behaviour he can demonstrate

• There is a reference to a criterion

• But there is no reference to performance of other individuals in the group

• Refers to an individual's performance to a predetermined criterion which is well defined

• Example: Amit’s score in a reading test is 70

Here there is no reference to the performance of other members of the group

Criterion- Referenced Evaluation

A Criterion- Referenced Test

IS USED TO ASCERTAIN AN INDIVIDUAL’S STATUS

WITH RESPECT TO

A DEFINED ACHIEVEMENT DOMAIN

Criterion- Referenced Evaluation

• Used to assess the objectives in terms of behavioral changes

• It is objective based test

• Can measure one or more assessment domain

Criterion- Referenced Evaluation

• Is the traditional class- based assignment of numerals to the attribute being measured

• The measurement act relates to some norm, group or a typical performance

• Attempt to interpret the test results in terms of performance of a certain group

Norm- Referenced Evaluation

• This group is a norm group as it serves as referent of norm for making judgements

• Measurement is made in terms of a class or any other norm group

• Almost all classroom tests, public examinations and standardized tests are norm referenced

Norm- Referenced Evaluation

Example:

Amit surpasses 65% students of his class in reading test

Here the persons’ performance is compared to others of their group and the relative standing position of person in his/her group

Norm- Referenced Evaluation

References

• Sahu, Binod K.(2007). Statistics in Psychology & Education, Kalyani Publishers, India

• Aggarwal, J.C. (2002). Essentials of examination system- evaluation, Tests and measurement, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi