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EVALUATION TYPESTRANSCRIPT
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