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1. Nature and goals of assessment and evaluation
Asit kumar maurya
Pg diploma in counseling guidance &
psychological intervention

2. Objectives
• Assessment and its process.
• Definition of assessment, testing,
measurement, and evaluation.
• Differences between Assessment and Testing.
• Differences between Assessment and
Evaluation.
• Types of assessment
• Goals of assessment

3. assessment
• Assessment is a process, in which several
things are evolve like :-
Collecting data
Analyzing data
Synthesizing data
Organizing information and
Inform decision.

4. Process of assessment
• Planning
formulating goals
selecting tools
• Inputs : collecting information
• Processing inputs : analysis and synthesis
actuarial process
clinical process
Output : communicative reports
oral
written

6. Definition of Assessment
• Assessment is a process in which collecting,
analyzing, organizing information about a client
to make and inform decision.
• According to APA (1999)
“A psychological assessment is a comprehensive
examination undertaken to answer specific
question about a client’s psychological
functioning during a particular time interval or to
predict a client’s psychological functioning in the
future.”

7. Testing, Evaluation and measurement
• Psychological testing is a part of psychological
assessment in which we used specific and
standardized test.
• Measurement is a process of assigning
numbers.
• Evaluation is a process of collecting and
summarizing the data and comparing the
result to a set criteria to draw conclusion.

8. Differences between Assessment and
Testing
• Assessment is a broad
process.
• Provides qualitative and
quantitative data.
• Assessment is less
formal aspect.
• Structured and flexible.
• Testing is a part of
assessment.
• Provide only
quantitative data.
• More formal.
• Structured and un
flexible.

9. Differences between Assessment and
Evaluation
• Assessment is done to
determine the current level.
• Assessment is exploratory In
nature.
• Collecting and analysis of
data.
• Ongoing process.
• Process oriented.
• Diagnostic .
• Flexible.
• cooperative
• Current level compared
with previous level.
• Evaluation is confirmatory
in nature.
• Application of value of
judgment.
• Summative process.
• Product oriented.
• Judgmental.
• Fixed.
• Competitive.

10. Types of Assessment
Clinical Assessment
Psychological Assessment
Educational Assessment
Functional Assessment
Behavioral Assessment

11. Goals of Assessment
• Initial screening and diagnosis.
• Differential diagnosis.
• Evaluating current performance and
intervention.
• Monitoring intervention effectiveness.
• Making decision for termination of
intervention.

12. Conclusion
• Assessment is a process, in which several
process are evolves like planning, collecting
information, processing information, and
communicating the information….