Assessment And Evaluation Differences.ppt

The Difference Between Assessment and Evaluation Técnicas de Evaluación M.Ed. Karla Avalos Charpentier

What Is Teaching? 

Brainstorm: 

Think of different ways to define “teaching”.

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Write down at least three different definitions of teaching.

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Pair up with someone to choose the best ONE of your sixplus definitions.

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Share your definitions with the group, one at a time in sequence.

Definitions of Teaching 

To present information, insights.

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To reveal knowledge or skill.

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To help students learn. 

NOTE: All of the above can be accomplished either deliberately or incidentally.

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That is, you can teach by means of explicit instruction, ongoing guidance, deliberate modeling, or accidental example.

Ways to Improve Teaching and Learning 

Implement research-based “best practices”.

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Employ an assessment-informed model of teaching focused on measurable student learning outcomes. 

But first we need to distinguish “assessment” from “evaluation”.

Assessment vs. Evaluation 

What are the three most striking differences between the two?

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If we had time, I’d have you … 

Think

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Write

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Pair

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Share

Assessment

n Evaluation (various sources, but

especially Dan Apple 1998)

Reflective: Internally Defined Criteria/Goals Diagnostic: Identify Areas for Improvement Flexible: Adjust As Problems Are Clarified Absolute: Strive for Ideal Outcomes Coöperative: Learn from Each Other

Prescriptive:Externally Imposed Standards Judgmental: Arrive at an Overall Grade/Score Fixed: To Reward Success, Punish Failure Comparative: Divide Better from Worse Competitive: Beat Each Other Out

Summary of Differences Dimension of Difference

Assessment

Evaluation

Timing

Formative

Summative

Focus of Measurement

Process-Oriented

Product-Oriented

Relationship Between Administrator and Recipient

Reflective

Prescriptive

Findings, Uses Thereof

Diagnostic

Judgmental

Ongoing Modifiability of Criteria, Measures Thereof

Flexible

Fixed

Standards of Measurement

Absolute

Comparative

Relation Between Objects of A/E

Coöperative

Competitive

Ways to Improve Teaching and Learning 

Implement research-based “best practices”. 

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Put the examples into practice.

Employ an assessment-informed model of teaching focused on measurable student learning outcomes.