Evaluation definitions

Jamal Mohammed Almalki

Curriculum Evaluation for TESOL

Broad and precise definitions

Evaluation is often used to characterize and appraise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises, including the arts, criminal justice, foundations, non-profit organizations, government, health care and other human services.

Evaluation is : The systematic acquisition and assessment of information to provide

useful feedback about some object .

Another definition is using the collected information through asking questions , consulting partners , making assessment and obtaining

feedback to improve a program .

Evaluation is

“The examination of the worth , merit , or significance of an object .“

We can also define evaluation as :

It is the structured interpretation and giving of meaning to predicted or actual impacts of proposals or results.

Evaluation can be: 1 -formative:

that is taking place during the development of a concept or proposal, project or organization, with the intention of improving the value or effectiveness of the proposal, project or organization .

2 -summative:drawing lessons from a completed action or project or an organization at a later point in time or circumstance.

Evaluation is: A systematic, rigorous, and meticulous application of scientific methods to assess the design, implementation, improvement or outcomes of a program. It is a resource-intensive process, frequently requiring resources, such as, evaluator expertise, labor, time and a sizeable budget

Evaluation is A study designed to assist some audience to assess an object’s merit and worth' (Shufflebeam)In this definition the focus is on facts as well as value laden judgments of the programs outcomes and worth.

What is the difference between assessment and

evaluation?

Assessment is: defined as data-gathering strategies, analyses, and reporting processes that provide information that can be used to determine whether or not intended outcomes are being achieved.

However Evaluation uses assessment information to support decisions on maintaining, changing, or discarding instructional or programmatic practices.

Evaluation is: a developmental process aims to improve the domain that is being assessed through collecting data tools which enable the decision makers to judge the system (program , course

…..) to improve the performance .

Evaluation at its final destination determines the value of something (project – program – curriculum – course ----)

Evaluation may be defined as two kinds:

1 -Qualitative Evaluation. 2 -Quantitative Evaluation.

1 -Qualitative EvaluationIt is an assessment process that answers

the question “How well did we do. ”?

2 -Quantitative Evaluation

It is an assessment process that answers the question “ How much did we do. ”?

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