The document discusses the concept and necessity of evaluation in education, highlighting its role as an ongoing monitor of learning progress. It defines evaluation as a method of characterizing the worth of educational phenomena and lists essential principles and needs for conducting effective evaluations. Moreover, evaluation is beneficial for instructional development, learner assessment, progress reporting, and overall educational planning for stakeholders including teachers, parents, and administrators.

1. CONCEPT AND NEED
OF
BY
Dr. Roma Smart Joseph
Teacher Educator
Lucknow, UP, India

2. CONCEPT OF EVALUATION
• Evaluation serves as an in-built monitor within the education
system to review the progress in learning from time to time.
• Evaluation provides valuable feedback on the design and the
implementation of the educational programme.
• Evaluation is a broader term than the Measurement.

3. Definition of evaluation
James M. Bradfield:
Evaluation is the assignment of symbols to phenomenon, in order to
characterize the worth or value of a phenomenon, usually with reference to
some cultural or scientific standards.
Thorndike and Hegan:
Evaluation is describing something in term of selected attributes and judging
the degree of acceptability or suitability of that which has been described.
Hopkins and Stanley, 1981
A process of summing up the results of measurement or tests, giving them some
meaning based on value judgements.

4. Principles of Evaluation
1. It must be clearly stated what is to be evaluated
2. A variety of evaluation techniques should be used for a
comprehensive evaluation
3. An evaluator should know the limitations of different evaluation
techniques
4. The technique of evaluation must be appropriate for the
characteristics or performance to be measured
5. Evaluation is a means to an end but not an end in itself

5. Need of Evaluation in education
Evaluation helps in -
 preparing instructional objectives
 assessing the learner’s needs
 providing feed back to the students
 assigning duties to the students
 curriculum development
 reporting pupil’s progress to parents
 guidance and counselling
 effective school administration
 categorizing students
 helps the students to choose particular career options

6. Conclusion
Evaluation is equally helpful to parents, teachers, administrators
and students.
 It helps a teacher to know his pupils in detail
 It helps an administrator in educational planning.
 It helps the parents to know about the educational
progress of their children.

7. THANK YOU
romasmart@ymail.com