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Uses of Evaluation in Education

Evaluation is used for various purposes including placement, promotion, grouping, diagnosis, remediation, instruction, administration, guidance, development, and research. Specifically, evaluation helps determine student placement in classes, decide whether students will be promoted to the next grade or class, group students according to ability and needs, diagnose student weaknesses, identify remedial actions, improve instructional methods, inform administrative decisions, provide guidance to students, facilitate student and program development, and generate data for educational research.

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Uses of Evaluation Suresh Babu G Assistant Professor CTE, CPAS, Paippad, Kottayam See you in next class I got promotion to next classGood exam result
Uses of evaluation Placement Promotion Grouping Diagnosis Remediation Instruction Administration Guidance Development  Research
Placement  Placement we mean the classification of pupils in class or sections of a class according to their demonstrated knowledge or ability in some subject area.  A exam is labeled as placement exam when the outcome of exam is used in determining suitability of a candidate for course of study.
Features of Placement  Evaluation helps to study the entry behaviour of the children in all respects.  That helps to undertake special instructional programmes.  To provide for individualisation of instruction.  Examination at the end of section or end of year examination or certificate examination.  It also helps to select pupils for higher studies, for different vocations and specialised courses.
Promotion • Evaluation data helps the administrators to judge the extent to which the objectives of the school are being achieved, to find out strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum and arranging special school programmes. • It also helps in decisions concerning admission, grouping and promotion of the students.
Features of Promotion • Evaluation helps for promotion to higher class • Promotion evaluation states the achievement of a student in the present stage if achieved he is promoted to higher stage achievement • It is year end examination • It gives achievement level of students in present stage
Grouping When the results on a test used in selecting different groups of pupils from a given population of pupils exposed to the test on the assumption that those so selected or perform and not perform well on similar educational tasks in the future and which makes groups , such a test is said to have been used for grouping purpose.
Features of Grouping Evaluation try to place students in the proper instructional group on the basis of student performance. Evaluation helps to make proper group and there by improve learning. It helps to know which students needed help to learn. Give students an opportunity to evaluate themselves. Decide how to grade members of the group. To discover potential abilities and aptitudes among the learners.
Diagnosis  Diagnosis emphasis on itself with gaps in pupil’s knowledge, understanding or skills.  In Diagnosis, emphasis is shifted from outcomes to causes of deficiencies.  In Diagnosis, the individual educational weaknesses are pinpointed in order to plan remedial work for him, to revise teaching strategies, to revamp or rearrange some elements of the curriculum with a view to solving manifested deficiencies.
Features of Diagnosis a. Evaluation has to diagnose the weak points in the school programme as well as weakness of the students. b. To suggest relevant remedial programmes. c. The aptitude, interest and intelligence are also to be recognised in each individual child so that he may be energised towards a right direction. d. To adopt instruction to the different needs of the pupils. e. To evaluate the progress of these weak students in terms of their capacity, ability and goal.
Remediation • Diagnosis and remedial instruction should be continuous and integral part of effective instruction. • In order to help pupils overcome learning difficulties give students review of the topic and re-touching • An extensive effort after diagnosis to improve motivation, correct emotional difficulties, overcome deficiencies in work study skills may be required.
Functions of Remediation  Clarity to the pupils the specific types of responses that are expected.  Provide further diagnostic information about the pupil’s difficulties and learning needs.  Give the pupils a feeling of success through the use of a carefully graded series of test exercises.  Enhance motivation by providing short-term goals and immediate knowledge of progress.  Provide information concerning the effectiveness of the remedial procedures.
Instructional a. A planned evaluation helps a teacher in deciding and developing the ways, methods, techniques of teaching. b. Helps to formulate and reformulate suitable and realistic objectives of instruction. c. Which helps to improve instruction and to plan appropriate and adequate techniques of instruction. d. And also helps in the improvement of curriculum. e. To assess different educational practices. f. Ascertains how far could learning objectives be achieved. g. To improve instructional procedures and quality of teachers. h. To plan appropriate and adequate learning strategies.
Administration a. To adopt better educational policy and decision making. b. Helps to classify pupils in different convenient groups. c. To promote students to next higher class, d. To appraise the supervisory practices. e. To have appropriate placement. f. To draw comparative statement on the performance of different children. g. To have sound planning. h. Helps to test the efficiency of teachers in providing suitable learning experiences. i. To mobilise public opinion and to improve public relations. j. Helps in developing a comprehensive criterion tests.
Guidance a. Assists a person in making decisions about courses and careers. b. Enables a learner to know his pace of learning and lapses in his learning. c. Helps a teacher to know the children in details and to provide necessary educational, vocational and personal guidance.
Motivation a. To motivate, to direct, to inspire and to involve the students in learning. b. To reward their learning and thus to motivate them towards study.
Development a. Gives reinforcement and feedback to teacher, students and the teaching learning processes. b. Assists in the modification and improvement of the teaching strategies and learning experiences. c. Helps in the achievement of educational objectives and goals.
Research a. Helps to provide data for research generalisation. b. Evaluation clears the doubts for further studies and researches. c. Helps to promote action research in education.
Uses of Evaluation in Education