TEST, MEASUREMENT,

ASSESSMENT &
EVALUATION
BY: FARYAL, SADAF & SADIA
 TEST &
MEASUREMENT
DEFINE TEST & MEASUREMENT

 Test may be called as tool, a question, set of

question, an examination which is used to
measure a particular characteristic of an
or a group of individuals.
 Test is the form of questioning or measuring tool
used to access the status of one’s skill,
attitude and fitness.
 TEST: An instrument or activity used to
accumulate data on a person’s ability to
performed a specified task.
 It is an assessment intended to measure a
test-taker’s knowledge, skill, aptitude,
performance, or classification in many other
topics.
 Measurement – process of collecting data on
attribute of interest.
 Measurement is an act or process that
involves the assignment of numerical values
to whatever is being tested. So it involves the
quantity of something
 Measurement is the term used to describe the
assignment of a number to a given assessment.
The number can be a raw score or a score based
on a normal distribution curve. The process of
quantifying this number is separate from using
this information to evaluate student outcomes
and achievement.
 KINDS OF TEST

 Objective Test
 Subjective Test
 Individual Test
 Group Test
 Unstandardized Test
 Standardized Test
 Objective Test- it is a test paper and pencil test
where in students’ answers can be compared and
quantified to yield a numerical score. This is because
it requires convergent and specific response.
 Subjective Test- it is a paper and pencil test which is
not easily quantified as students are given the
freedom to write their answer to a question, such as
an essay test. Thus, the answer to this type of test is
divergent.
 Individual
Test- it is a test administrated to
one student at a time.
 GroupTest- it is one administrated to a
group of students.
 Unstandardized Test- it is one prepared by
teachers for use in the classroom, with no
established norms for scoring and
interpretation of results.
 StandardizedTest- it is a test prepared by an
expert or specialist. This type of test samples
behavior under uniform procedures.
 PURPOSE OF TEST &
MEASUREMENT
 For getting knowledge about the progress.
 For preparation of effective planning.
 For knowing the abilities and capacities.
 For giving motivation.
 For knowing the achievements in future.
 For research and experimentations.
 WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?
 Assessmentis the process of documenting, usually in
measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes and
beliefs.
 Assessment in education is the process of gathering,
interpreting, recording & using information about
pupils’ responses to an educational task.
(Harlen, Gipps, Broadfoot, Nuttal, 1992)
 Assessment can focus on the individual learner, the
learning community( class, workshop, or other
organized group of learners), the institution, or the
educational system.
 Theprocess of gathering quantitative and qualitative
data of what a student can do, and how much a
student possesses.
 TYPES OF ASSESSMENT

 Formal Assessment
 Informal Assessment
 Formative Assessment
 Summative Assessment
 FORMAL ASSESSMENT

 Formalassessments have data which support the

conclusions made from the test. We usually refer to these
types of tests as standardized measure.
 Thedata is mathematically computed and summarized.
Scores such as percentiles, stanines, or standard scores
are mostly commonly given from this type of assessment.
 INFORMAL ASSESSMENT

 Informal assessments are not data driven but rather

content and performance driven. For example,
running records are informal assessments because
they indicate how well a student is reading a
specific book. Scores such as 10 correct out of 15,
percent of words read correctly, and most rubric
scores are given from this type of assessment.
 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

 “A diagnostic use of assessment to provide

feedback to teachers and students over the course
of instruction.” --- Carol Boston
 Gathering of data during a time program is being
develop. This is likewise provide feedback for the
improvement of an instruction or for the
improvement of the program.
 Administrated at the end of the day’s lesson.
 Thegoal of formative assessment is to monitor
students learning to provide ongoing feedback that
can be used by instructors to improve their teaching
and by students to improve their learning.
 Determines whether the teacher delivers
quality instruction in a particular day-base on
the particular result.
 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

 “A summative assessment is one attempts to assess

student learning for a specific time period. For example, a
unit test would be a summative assessment.” --- Eden
Ralph
 Use to determine the mastery & achievement of the
student.
 Done usually at the end of a chapter or unit.
 Accountability of success or failure.
 Use primarily in assigning grades.
 Designed to determine the extent to which the
instructional objectives has been achieved
 Thegoal of summative assessment is to evaluate
student learning at the end of an instructional unit by
comparing it against some standard or benchmark.
 To
diagnose students’ strengths and
weaknesses.
 To assign grades.
 To determine the teachers’ effectiveness.
 To monitor students’ progress.
 To help evaluate teachers.
 WHAT IS EVALUATION?

 Evaluation is concerned with a whole range of issues

in and beyond education; lessons, programs, and
skills can be evaluated. It produce a global view of
achievements usually based on many different types
of information such as observation of lessons, test
scores, assessment reports, course documents or
interviews with students and teachers.
 Theprocess of making overall judgement
about one’s work or a whole school work
(Cameron)
 Evaluation is a process of determining to what
extend the educational objectives are being
realized --- Ralph Taylor
 TYPES OF EVALUATION

 Process Evaluation
 Product Evaluation
 PROCESS EVALUATION

 It refers to evaluation taking place during the program

or learning activity. It is conducted while the event to be
evaluated is occurring & focuses on identifying the
progress towards purposes, objectives, or outcomes to
improve the activities, courses, curriculum, program or
teaching and student.
 It is also known as formative evaluation.
 PRODUCT EVALUATION

 Productevaluations examines the effects of

outcomes of some object.
 It conducted at the end of course.
 Itis also known as summative evaluation. It
evaluates the progress towards an established
outcomes.
 PURPOSE OF EVALUATION

 Clarify and define objectives.

 Facilitate the improvement program.
 Motivate Participants.
 Establish and maintain standards to ,meet
legal, professional and academic credentials.
 Test the efficiency of teachers.