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INTRODUCTION TO

MEASUREMENT AND
EVALUATION

PRESENTED BY MR. MBABIT LESLIE (M.Ed Psychology, B.Ed


Nursery and Primary Education)
INTRODUCTION - COURSE
AIM
This course aims to give you an understanding of the fundamental principles
of educational measurement and evaluation and how these could be applied
in the assessment of students learning outcomes and classroom
achievements.
OBJECTIVE OF TODAYS LESSON
• Definition of Assessment
• Definition of Test
• Definition of Measurement
• Definition of Evaluation
• Purpose of Measurement and Evaluation
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Assessment: The process of gathering information and making judgments
about an individual's knowledge, skills, or abilities. It involves collecting and
analyzing data to determine a person's strengths, weaknesses, and overall
performance.

Test: A specific type of assessment that involves the use of standardized


procedures or tools to assess a person's knowledge, skills, or abilities in a
particular subject or area. Tests typically have specific instructions, time
limits, and scoring procedures to provide a standardized way of evaluating
individuals.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Measurement: The process of assigning numbers or values to a
characteristic or attribute of an individual or situation using a systematic
and standardized approach. It involves collecting data and quantifying it for
the purpose of comparison or evaluation.

Evaluation: The interpretation and analysis of assessment or


measurement data to make judgments or decisions about an individual's
performance or the effectiveness of a program or intervention. Evaluation
involves assessing the quality, relevance, and effectiveness of something
based on specific criteria or standards.
TYPES OF EVALUATION
The different types of evaluation are: placement, formative, diagnostic
and summative evaluations.

Placement Evaluation
This is a type of evaluations carried out in order to fix the students in the
appropriate group or class. In some schools for instance, students are assigned to
classes according to their subject combinations, such as science, Technical, arts,
Commercial etc. before this is done an examination will be carried out. This is in
form of pretest or aptitude test. It can also be a type of evaluation made by the
teacher to find out the entry behaviour of his students before he starts teaching.
This may help the teacher to adjust his lesson plan. Tests like
readiness tests, ability tests, aptitude tests and achievement tests can be used.
TYPES OF EVALUATION
Formative Evaluation

This is a type of evaluation designed to help both the student and teacher to
pinpoint areas where the student has failed to learn so that this failure may
be rectified. It provides a feedback to the teacher and the student and thus
estimating teaching success e.g. weekly tests, terminal examinations etc.
TYPES OF EVALUATION
Diagnostic Evaluation

This type of evaluation is carried out most of the time as a follow up evaluation to
formative evaluation. As a teacher, you have used formative evaluation to identify
some weaknesses in your students. You have also applied some corrective
measures which have not showed success. What you will now do is to design a type
of diagnostic test, which is applied during instruction to find out the underlying
cause of students persistent learning difficulties. These diagnostic tests can be in the
form of achievement tests, performance test, self rating, interviews observations,
etc.
TYPES OF EVALUATION
Summative evaluation:
This is the type of evaluation carried out at the end of the course of
instruction to determine the extent to which the objectives have been
achieved. It is called a summarizing evaluation because it looks at the entire
course of instruction or programme and can pass judgment on both the
teacher and students, the curriculum and the entire system. It is used for
certification. Think of the educational certificates you have acquired
from examination bodies such as GCE, BAC BOARDS, etc. These were
awarded to you after you had gone through some types of examination. This
is an example of summative evaluation.
PURPOSE OF MEASUREMENT
AND EVALUATION
The main purposes of measurement and evaluation are:
i. Placement of student: which involves bringing students appropriately in
the learning sequence and classification or streaming of students according to ability
or subjects.
ii. Selecting the students for courses – general, professional, technical,
commercial etc.
iii. Certification: This helps to certify that a student has achieved a particular level of
performance.
iv. Stimulating learning: this can be motivation of the student or teacher,
providing feedback, suggesting suitable practice etc.
v. Improving teaching: by helping to review the effectiveness of
teaching arrangements.
PURPOSE OF MEASUREMENT
AND EVALUATION
vi. For research purposes.
vii. For guidance and counseling services.
viii. For modification of the curriculum purposes.
ix. For the purpose of selecting students for employment
x. For modification of teaching methods.
xi. For the purposes of promotions to the student.
xii. For reporting students progress to their parents.
xiii. For the awards of scholarship and merit awards.
xiv. For the admission of students into educational institutions.
xv. For the maintenance of students.
THANKS FOR KIND
ATTENTION

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