SEMINAR ON

MEASUREMENT &

EVALUATIONMS. SEENA RACHEL GEORGE

I/MSC NURSING

BHCON

TEST

• MOST COMMONLY USED METHOD OF MAKING MEASUREMENTS IN EDUCATION.

• IT IS ALSO AN INSTRUMENT OR SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURES FOR MEASURING SAMPLE OF BEHAVIOR BY POSING A SET OF QUESTIONS IN A UNIFORM MANNER.

• DESIGNED TO MEASURE ANY QUALITY, ABILITY, SKILL OR KNOWLEDGE.

• THERE IS RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER.

MEASUREMENT

• ASSIGNMENT OF NUMBERS (QUANTITY),

TEST, RATING SCALE.

• IT IS THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING

NUMERICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DEGREE OF

INDIVIDUAL POSSESSES.

QUANTIFYING OF HOW MUCH DOES LEARNER

LEARNED.

ASSESSMENT

PROCESS BY WHICH EVIDENCE OF STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT IS OBTAINED AND EVALUATED.

PROCESS OF GATHERING AND ORGANIZING DATA—THE

BASIS FOR DECISION MAKING (EVALUATION).

METHODS OF MEASURING AND EVALUATING THE

NATURE OF THE LEARNER/(WHAT HE LEARNED, HOW HE

LEARNED)

EVALUATION

MAKING JUDGMENTS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF

STUDENTS PERFORMANCE OR A POSSIBLE

COURSE OF ACTION.

IT IS A PROCESS BY MEANS OF WHICH

CHANGES IN THE BEHAVIOR OF STUDENT

SOUGHT BY A SCHOOL.

MEASUREMENT

It is quantitative.

Limited to quantitative testing.

More external.

All measurement is not

evaluation.

Measures only quantity.

Evaluation is not a part of

measurement.

EVALUATION

It is qualitative.

Goes beyond testing and

measurement.

Both external and internal.

Without measurement, evaluation

doesn’t carry much meaning.

Takes into consideration both

quantity and value judgment or

quality.

Measurement is a part of

evaluation.

OBJECTIVES

CONTENT

LEARNING ESPERIENCES

EVALUATION

PROCESS OF ASSESSMENT.

CONTINUOUS ,SYSTEMATIC PROCESS.

INCLUDES ACADEMIC AND NON ACADEMIC SUBJECTS.

IMPROVING SUBJECTS.

PURPOSE ORIENTED.

NEED OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

CHARACTERISTICS

VALIDITY - MOST IMPORTANT CRITERIA OF A GOOD EVALUATION

IT IS DEFINED AS THE ACCURACY WITH WHICH A TEST MEASURES WHATEVER IT IS INTENDED OR SUPPOSED TO MEASURE.

TYPES OF VALIDITY

CONTENT VALIDITY

PREDICTIVE VALIDITY

CONCURRENT VALIDITY

CONSTRUCTIVE VALIDITY

FACE VALIDITY

FACTORS AFFECTING VALIDITY

UNCLEAR DIRECTIONS

VOCABULARY POOR

DIFFICULTS SENTENCES ARE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND

MEDIUM, OF EXPRESSION

DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF ITEMS

HANDWRITING,LENGTH OF ANSWER

TIME LIMITS

INADEQUATE WEIGHTAGE

RELIABILITY

RELIABILITY - DEGREE OF ACCURACY,CONSISTENCY WITHWHICH AN EXAM ,ATTEST MEASURES , WHAT IT SEEKS TO MEASURE A GIVEN VARIABLE.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VALIDITY AND

RELIABILITY.

TEST CANNOT BE VALID UNLESS IT IS RELIABLE

VALIDITY INCLUDES RELIABILITY

OBJECTIVITY - A TEST IS A OBJECTIVE , WHEN THE SCORERS ARE PERSONAL JUDGEMENT DOESN’T AFFECT THE SCORING.

PRACTIBILITY(USABILITY) – TEST IS PRACTICAL AND USED FOR ASSESSING VALUE OF THE TEST

CONTINUITY - IT IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS IT SHOULD HAVE FORMATIVE,SUMMATIVE AND TERMINAL EVALUATION..

EQUITY / EQUILIBRIUM –

RELEVANCE – REFER TO SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR OBJECTIVE AND A SPECIFIC GROUP OF STUDENTS.

DISCRIMINATION -

PURPOSES

SCOPE OF EVALUATION

EVALUATION AND TEACHER

EVALUATION AND STUDENTS

EVALUATION AND ADMINISTRATORS

EVALUATION AND PARENTS