EVALUATION TOOLS

Specific objectives
At the end of the session, the student will be able to:
• briefly explain on standardized and non standardized tests
• classify achievement tests
• identify evaluation tools for different domains
TYPES OF EVALUATION TOOLS/ TESTS
• Standardized tests
• Non standardized tests
Standardized tests
• A test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner
• All test takers are given same questions to answer
• They are allowed same amount of time to attempt questions
• The test is administered under controlled environmental
conditions
• Instructions are same for all students
• Marking of answers follow a predetermined criteria
• Interpretation of the obtained marks is same for all students
 Standardized tests- characteristics
• Include specified procedures for administration and scoring
• Test items are derived from experiments or observations rather
than from theory
• Have established format and set of materials
• Present the same tasks under identical controlled conditions for
all test takers
• Provide table of norms to which the scores of test takers can be
compared in order to ascertain their relative standing
Standardized tests - examples
• TOEFL
• Intelligence tests
• Aptitude tests
• Personality tests
Non-standardized tests
• Also called as teacher made tests or achievement tests
• : A systematic procedure for determining the amount a student
has learned through instruction. (Gronlund)
Non standardized tests
• Popham believes that,” the achievement tests focus upon an
examinees’s attainment at a given point of time”
• No uniformity in evaluation
• Cannot be considered reliable
• Not administered under controlled conditions
• Does not provide standard interpretation techniques
• Eg: interview, group discussion, viva-voce, all teacher made tests
 Classification of achievement test
Achievement Test

Oral Test Written Test Practical/Performance

Test

Essay Test Objective Test

Extentend Restricted Selection type Supply type

Response type Response type
(Long Essay)

1. True or False
1. Short essay 2. Multiple choice
2. Short answer 3. Matching type
3. Very short answer 4. Extended matching type 1. Short answer
5. Multiple response item 2. Completion type
6. Assertion Reason
7. interpretative
Evaluation tools for different domains

Evaluation tools for the

assessment of knowledge
• Essay type questions
• Short answer type questions
• Multiple choice questions
Evaluation tools for different domains
• Evaluation tools for the assessment of skills
1. Observation checklist
2. Rating scale
3. Anecdotal records
4. Critical incident records
Evaluation tools for different domains
• Evaluation tools for the assessment of attitude
1. Thurstone scale
2. Likert scale
3. Guttman scale
4. sociometry
Take away…..

• Classification of evaluation
Nature 2, function 4, interpretation 2, miscellaneous 6
• Evaluation tools
Standardized & Non-standardized / Teacher made tests
• Classification of achievement tests
• Evaluation tools for different domains
 Knowledge
 Attitude
 Skill
References
• Gronlund. NE, How to make achievement tests and assessments,
5th edn.1993, London:Allyn & Bacon
• Gronlund. NE, Linn RL, Measurement and evaluation in teaching,
6th edn, 1990, Newyork, Macmillan publishers