Comparison between assessment and evaluation
Assessment
1:Assessment is the gathering of
information about something such as
student performance.
2:Assessment is information.
3:Assessment pinpoints specific
strength and weakness.
4:Assessment is diagnostic and
formative as well as summative.
5:Assessment is most useful to teacher
and student.
6:Assessment is educational measure.
7:Assessment is referenced by criterion.
Evaluation
1:Evaluation is the act of setting a
value on assessment information
2:Evalution is judgment.
3:Evaluation ranks and sorts
individual within group.
4:Evaluation is only summative.
5:Evaluation is most useful to
administrator, politician and
parents.
6:Evaluation is a
political/administrative measure.
7:Evalution is referenced by norm.