Assessment in Education INTRODUCTION TO MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION Assessment and evaluation provides information that is used for a variety of educational decisions. The main emphasis in classroom evaluation, however, is the pupil and his or her learning progress. TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.1 Concepts of Test According to Norman E. Gronlund (1985): "Test is an instrument or systematic procedure for measuring a sample of behaviour. (Answers the question "How well does the individual perform)." According to TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.2 Concept of Measurement According to Norman E. Gronlund (1985): "Measurement is the process of obtaining a numerical description of the degree to which an individual possesses a particular characteristic." (Answers the question how TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.3 Concept of Assessment According to Murry Print (1993):"Assessment involves the interpretation of measurement data. It makes sense of the data collected on student performance."According to the Dictionary of Education (1989): "Assessment TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.4 Concept of Evaluation According to Norman E. Gronlund (1985): "Evaluation is the systematic process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting information to determine the extent to which pupils are achieving instructional objectives." (Answers the TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.5 Relationship: Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation: Evaluation is a process which consists of the sub processes of measurement and assessment providing adequate and useful data upon which the final judgments are made. In this way, an TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education Measurement Measurement is concerned with the statement of performance usually represented in quantitative terms. Invariably measurement in schools takes the form of descriptive data obtained about student performance by using a TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education Assessment Assessment is broader in scope than measurement in that it involves the interpretation of measurement data. It is essentially concerned with firstly making sense out of measurement data and then TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education Evaluation Undertaking evaluation, the highest level in the hierarchy of terms, is based upon assessment interpretations of the colleted data. With the information gained from measurement and assessment, educators are in TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.6 Distinction between Measurement and Assessment/Evaluation Measurement 1. Measurement is the process of obtaining a numerical description of the degree to which an individual possesses a particular characteristic. 2. It answers the question "How much?" 3. TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.7 Need for Assessment: The need for assessment and evaluation in education be discussed as under: 1. Selection Decisions:Jobs and seats in different organizations and institutions are limited in number. Usually, there are TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Assessment in Education 1.8 Types of Assessment The way that tests and other evaluation techniques are used in classroom instruction also forms a convenient framework for describing evaluation procedures. One such classification system follows the sequence in TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 2.Formative Assessment Formative assessment is used to monitor learning progress during instruction and to provide continuous feed back to both pupil and the teacher concerning learning successes and failures. Feedback to pupils TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education 3. Summative Assessment Summative assessment typically comes at the end of a course (or unit) of instruction. It is designed to determine the extent to which the instructional objective have been achieved and TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education 4.Diagnostic Assessment Diagnostic assessment is concerned with the persistent or recurring learning difficulties that are left unresolved by the standard corrective prescriptions of formative evaluation. If a pupil continues to fail in TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 1.9 Techniques of Assessment & Evaluation There are various instruments available which yield a wide variety of data for a wide variety of purposes. Selection of an instrument involves identification and selection of the most appropriate TAUSEEF AHMAD 17 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education Limitations of observation 1. Subjectivity There is a great chance for personal prejudices and bias of the observer. 2. Less accuracy. As observation is recorded after some time of occurrence of events so TAUSEEF AHMAD 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read