CHAPTER 2

MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION

2.1 Measurement

2.2 Assessment

2.3 Evaluation

What is OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION?

- (OBE) is an educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around
goals (outcomes).

Measurement
Is the process of determining or describing the attributes or characteristics of physical objects
generally in terms of quantity.
In measuring…
- use some form of standard
- collecting quantitative information
- in relative to established standards
- combining directly measurable quantities to form derived quantities
- knowledge of the subject matter is often measured through standardized test results
- also ask from group of experts “perceptions”

Types of Measurement
Measurements can therefore be objective ( as in testing ) or subjective ( perceptions ).
meaning..
( objective ) testing – produces objective measurements.
( subjective ) – ratings provided by experts.

Objective measurements

- repeated measurements of the same quantity or quality will produce more or less the same
outcome.

Subjective measurements

- differ from one assessor to the next even if the same quantity or quality is being measured.
Note: The underlying principle in educational measurement is summarized in this formula.

Measurement of Quantity or Quality of Interest = True value plus random error

Each measurement of the quantity of interest has two components:

- a true value of the quantity and

- a random error component.