EVALUATION TOOLS

• Evaluation Tools
  Evaluation Tool may be defined as means to collect evidence of the students’ achievement

• Evaluation tools in education
  · Achievement test
  · Anecdotal record
  · Cumulative record
  · Check-list
  · Rating scale
  · Questionnaire

• Achievement Test
• Most commonly used evaluation tool in normal class room.
• Achievement test is test which used to assess the level of achievement of each student in each of the learning points.
• Since same teaching point might have been learnt by different students at different level, the teacher assess the achievement using achievement test.

• Anecdotal Record
• Anecdotal record is reports of informal teacher observation regarding his pupil.
• The observation should be recorded soon after the incident is observed.
• The recorded observation should be accurately and objectively.
• Anecdotal records can not be considered a tool complete by itself.
• The data supplied by the anecdotal record can supplement data collected using other tool and technique, provided the evaluator interprets the anecdotes objectively.

• Cumulative Record
• The progress in the developmental pattern of each student is recorded cumulatively from period to period in a comprehensive record – such a record is known as cumulative record.
• The individuals has to be evaluated with regard to the all round development involving various aspects like Physical, intellectual, moral, social etc.
• Cumulative record records….
  o Physical development
  o Health conditions
  o Level of achievement in various subjects of study
  o Participation in co-curricular activities like NCC, NSS etc.
• Cumulative records give a very comprehensive picture of the past and present career of a student and have will help in making prediction about the future.

• Check-list
• Check-list is a simple device consisting of a prepared list of items.
• It is easy to make and to use.
• In check-list simply records the presence of a particular variable.
• The result recorded by putting lick mark against the item.

• Rating scale
• This a more sophisticated check-list.
• In rating scale we can record how much a particular variable found.
• There are many types of rating scale
  o 3 point rating scales.
  n Good, Average, Poor
  o 5 point rating scales.
  n Excellent, very good, good, average, poor
• Normally the number of points fixed is an odd number.

• Questionnaire
  “systematic compilation of questions that are submitted to a sampling of population about which information is desired”
  Barr
• It is flexible tool for gathering quantitative and qualitative information.
• Possible to cover various aspects of a board problem or several problems.
• Ensures uniformity in the approach to the problem and collecting of responses.
• Inadequate coverage, misinterpretation of questions and inadequate understanding of respondents are the major hurdles of questionnaire.