The Nature of

Educational
Assessment
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Objectives:
• Compare the difference among measurement, assessment,
and evaluation;
• Discuss the principles of assessment;
• Explain the need and purpose of evaluation; and
• Discuss the characteristics of modern educational assessment,
students’ progress, and performance.
ASSESSMENT
Wide variety of methods or tools that
educators use to evaluate, measure, and
document the academic readiness,
learning progress, skill acquisition, or
educational needs of students” (Great
Schools Partnership, 2015).
 Three Methods of Assessment

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EVALUATION
the systematic collection and
interpretation of evidence leading
as a part of the process do a
judgment of value with a view to
action.
Types of Evaluation
Placement Formative

Diagnostic Summative
MEASUREMENT
It is mainly concerned with
collecting or gathering data, e.g.
students' scores in an examination.
It is an act or process of measuring
the physical properties of objects
such as length and mass.
 Evaluation

Assessment

Measurement
Different Terms of
Evaluation
Competency Evaluation
A means for teachers to
determine the ability of
their students in ways
other than standardized
testing
Course Evaluation
A short survey conducted by an
educator at the end of a class or
course of study. The evaluation form
aims to collect general information
on what each student liked and
disliked most about the class with the
goal of improving the educational
experience for future students.
Educational Evaluation
A systematic, continuous
and comprehensive
process of determining
the growth and progress
of the students towards
objectives or values of
the curriculum.
Performance Evaluation
 Formal and productive
procedure to measure an
employee’s work and
results based on their job
responsibilities. 
Program Evaluation
The systematic assessment
of the operation and/or
outcomes of a program or
policy, compared to a set of
explicit or implicit standards
as a means of contributing to
the improvement of the
program or policy.
 Principles of Assessment
Assessment will be Assessment will be Assessment will be
Assessment will be valid
reliable equitable explicit and transparent

Assessment outcomes
Staff involved in
will be monitored, and this
Assessment will support assessment will be
Assessment will be monitoring used to
the student learning competent to undertake
efficient support the enhancement
process their responsibilities in
of assessment policy and
this area
practice
Characteristics of Modern Educational
Assessment
Responsive Flexible

Multiple
Integrated
Methods

Comunicated Systematic
The Need and Purpose of Evaluation
Evaluation is inevitable in the
teaching-learning process. It is
as inevitable in classroom
teaching as it is in all fields of
activity when judgments need
to be made, however simple or
complex the consideration
involved