Evaluation system in education

Evaluation system in education

Evaluation in education refers to the systematic process of assessing and measuring the performance of students and analysis the effectiveness of educational programs. In any education system evaluation process is playing very important role. Evaluation system includes certain types of judgements about the students taken by the teacher. It helps teachers to understand the needs, interest and potential of students.

According to Moffatt: "Evaluation is a continuous process and is concerned with more than the formal academic achievement of students. It is interested in the development of the individual in terms of the desirable behavioural changes in relation to his feelings and action."

CHARACTERISTICS OF EVALUATION

1) Evaluation is a continuous process.

2) Evaluation includes academic and non academic subjects.

3) Evaluation is systematic process.

4) Evaluation is purpose oriented.

5) Provides the guidelines on improving the curriculum.

6) Evaluation encourage the students to grow.

7)It is learner centred.

ELEMENTS OF EVALUATION

1) Participants

 In evaluation system audience refers to students or pupils who are going to be evaluated by teacher.

2) Purpose of evaluation

The purpose of evaluation is to evaluate the students performance and measuring the effectiveness of teaching process on students.

3) Questions

Questions are the queries that needed to identified during evaluation process

4) Scope

Scope of evaluation is the specific area where the Evaluation is applicable.

5) Resources

Resources are the combination of  variable through which the evaluation is to be done

TYPES OF EVALUATION

1) Placement evaluation

Placement evaluation is typically refers to checking the student's suitability for particular role, it is the pre assessment or initial assessment to know student's skill level about the subject. It is used to check whether the student is fit for particular course or not. Examples for placement evaluation are Entrance test, interviews, observation etc.

2) Formative evaluation

Formative evaluation is a type of evaluation that assess the development or progress of a project or program which is carried out during the course of learning process. It allows the teacher to evaluate student's understanding of a lesson and improve their teaching skills. Formative evaluation is done before or during instruction

3) Summative evaluation

Summative evaluation is done after or end of the instruction to evaluate the students learning and overall competencies at the end of class. This is known as a external evaluation. Examples: Term end exams, board exams etc.

4) Diagnostic evaluation

Diagnostic evaluation is one step ahead of formative evaluation, it is a form of pre-test or pre-evaluation where teacher can evaluate the student's strength, weakness, knowledge and skills before their instruction.

5)Norms referenced and criterion referenced evaluation

In norms referenced evaluation   performance of one student is evaluated compared with others and in criterion referenced evaluation performance is evaluated based on certain criteria instead of comparison between the students.

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

The Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) is an academic system used in higher education to provide flexibility to students in choosing courses and earning credits. Under CBCS, students can select courses from a wide range of options, and each course is assigned a certain number of credits based on its complexity and workload. Students need to accumulate a specific number of credits to graduate. 

This system aims to promote interdisciplinary learning and cater to individual student needs and interests. It's commonly used in universities and colleges to enhance the educational experience.

Advantages of choice based credit system

1) It allows the students to choose the courses based on their interest.

2)It promotes the interdisciplinary learning.

3)CBCS facilitates credit transfer between institutions, making it easier for students to switch universities or colleges without losing progress in their studies.

DISADVANTAGES

1) Difficult to estimate the exact marks.

2) Increased workload on faculties.

3)Transferring credits between institutions, especially across different regions or countries, can be challenging.