ASSESSMENT VS EVALUATION
Evaluation
Provides closure
Judges learning level
Applied against standards
Graded
Shows shortfalls
Product-oriented
Assessment
is the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data to measure knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs
Evaluation
is the collection of, analysis and interpretation of information about any aspect of a programme of education or training as part of a recognised process of judging its effectiveness.
Assessment
Is ongoing,
Improves learning quality
Individualized
Ungraded
Provides feedback
Process-oriented
Assessment methods
Sel assessment: volves students in evaluating their own work and learning progress
Informal assessment: spontaneous forms of assessment that can easily be incorporated in the day-to-day classroom activities and that measure the students' performance and progress
Formal assessment: are the systematic, data-based tests that measure what and how well the students have learned.
Testing
Testing measures the level of skill or knowledge that has been reached.