Evaluation

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Glossary : Assessment | Evaluation | Measurement

Evaluation

In the classroom, evaluation is the systematic process of collecting information about a student's achievement in relation to specified curriculum expectations. (Source: Toronto Catholic District School Board)

Evaluation involves making a judgment' or an interpretation about the worth or value 'of the information that has been gathered (i.e. a determination that the student has improved greatly as compared to her performance six months ago [self-referenced]; that the student’s performance is slightly behind her peer group [norm-referenced]; but she did succeed on a standardized spelling test [criterion-referenced]. The teacher must decide how to blend these three judgments).

Evaluation Should

• be an integral part of planning,
• be a continuous, deliberate activity,
• involve interpretation and judgment as well as measurement,
• should reflect the objectives of the learning activity,
• be responsive to culture, gender, geographical location,
• be fair and equitable,
• safeguard confidentiality of student information,
• be based on norm-, criterion-, and self-referenced indicators,
• provide useful, productive feedback to students,
• assume student self-appraisal, as well as student participation,
• provide opportunities for student improvement,
• assume communication to students in advance,
• be regularly communicated to parents in a meaningful way,
• use formative, summative, and diagnostic assessment techniques,
• provide information in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains,
• should guide teachers as they plan for individual needs.

Reference

Taking Your Place in the Professional Community - A Handbook for Beginning Teachers by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation <http://www.stf.sk.ca/the_profession/pdf/taking_your_place_in_professional_community.pdf>.

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