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Difference Between Assessment and Evaluation
Difference Between Assessment and Evaluation
Assessment Formative: Ongoing to Improve Learning Process-Oriented: How Learning Is Going Reflective: Internally defined criteria/goals Diagnostic: Identify areas for improvement Flexible: Adjust as problems are clarified Absolute: Strive for ideal outcomes Coperative: Learn from each other
Evaluation Summative: Final to Gauge Quality Product-Oriented: Whats Been Learned Prescriptive: Externally imposed standards Judgmental: Arrive at an overall grade/score Fixed: To reward success, punish failure Comparative: Divide better from worse Competitive: Beat each other out
we measure distance, we assess learning, and we evaluate results in terms of some set of criteria. assessment is usually used in assessing learning but evaluation is used to deduce the result or label the quality of final product.