Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation

 

Assessment, Measurement, and Evaluation

 

Assessment

-       Assessment is the way students demonstrate understanding of concepts, mastery of skills, and knowledge of and ability to utilize information. Assessment devices include but are not limited to, teacher-designed and standardized tests. It is also used to evaluate students’ performance, teacher effectiveness, and the success of curricula and programs.

-       Assessment should primarily support the needs of learners. Having a grading scale that informs students of standards for evaluation allows the students to rehearse until they are ready to present their perspectives.

Measurement

-       Refers to the process of collecting quantitative data. This process usually consists of assigning numbers to a learner’s performance.

-       We measure to obtain quantitative data/information and such data /information may or may not be useful, depending on the accuracy of the instruments we use, and our skill at using them.

Evaluation

-       Evaluation is the specific process of describing and making judgments about assessments. It is important to reemphasize that not all assessments are evaluated. When we make judgments and decisions about assessments, such as assigning grades, we are making evaluations.

-       Evaluation is a method of acquiring and processing the evidence needed to improve the students learning and teaching. Evaluation is an aid in clarifying the significant goals and objectives of education as a process for determining the extent to which students are developing in these desired ways. It is also a system of quality control in which it may be determined to each step in the teaching-learning process whether the process is effective or not, and if not, what changes must be made to ensure its effectiveness before it is too late.