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Kinds of Evaluation
DIAGNOSTIC - It is the gathering of evidence of what is known and what is not learned
- Completed prior to the beginning of the course, lesson, unit of study, or when there is evidence that the learners are struggling.
- Completed at the start of a learning activity.
- It could be used as part of anecdotal reporting.
- Never used as part of learners' marks.
FORMATIVE - Means forming up during instruction.
- Completed continually throughout the instruction, not at the end of the instruction.
- Its purpose is to improve instruction and learning not to rank or grade students.
- Used to help learners to better learn the current content and/or skills.
- It is a conscious plan to pause and assess how learning is progressing.
- It is an analysis and diagnosis of what skills must yet be learned
- It is used to provide records that will form part of a summative evaluation
SUMMATIVE- Means summary after instruction.
- Used afterwards or at the end of the course, unit of study, term, or program.
- Used to judge learning after the learning is ended
- Used to make a decision
- Based on the objectives, how are the learners overall performances
- Summarize the change that occurred as a result of instruction
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