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 Evaluation is defined as the process of making a value judgement about the worth of a student's product or performance (Nitiko, 2001). Evaluation is a systematic determination of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set...

 Evaluation is defined as the process of making a value judgement about the worth of a student's product or performance (Nitiko, 2001). Evaluation is a systematic determination of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realizable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making; or to ascertain the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been completed. It involves gathering information on a person, programme or a process in order to make value judgement about the effectiveness of what is being evaluated. Referenced Evaluation **Criterion-Referenced** **Norm Referenced** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- 1\. Typically focuses on a delimited domain of learning tasks, with a relative large number of items measuring each specific task. 2\. It emphasizes what individuals can and cannot perform. 3\. Matches item difficulty to learning tasks, without altering item difficulty or omitting easy or hard items. 4\. Interpretation requires a clearly defined and delimited achievement domain  **Assessment of Performance** **What is Performance Assessment?** **What is Performance Assessment?** **What is Performance Assessment?** **Types of Performance Assessment** 1. **Structured, on-Demand Task:** **Types of Performance Assessment** 2. **Naturally Occurring or Typical Performance Tasks:** **Types of Performance Assessment** 2. **Naturally Occurring or Typical Performance Tasks:** **Types of Performance Assessment** 3. **Long Term Projects:** **Types of Performance Assessment** - **Project often require creativity, originality in some sense of aesthetics.** - **They require students to communicate effectively.** - **Group project require two or more students to work together.** - **The major purpose of a group project as an assessment technique is to evaluate whether students can work together in cooperative and appropriate ways to create a high-quality product.** - **In a combined group and individual project, groups of students work on a long-term project together, and after the group activities are completed, individuals prepare their own reports without assistance from other group members.** **Guidelines for Constructing Performance Task** 1. **Identify the purpose of the assessment.** 2. **Identify and list knowledge, attitudes and skills that require the demonstration of higher-order behaviours.** 3. **Design the performance task.** 4. **Develop performance assessment criteria** **Advantages of Performance Assessment**