CURRICULUM

EVALUATION
Shafeeq Hussain, Ph.D.
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Curriculum?
Evaluation?
Curriculum Evaluation?
Measurement
Tests
Assessment

What is Curriculum?
What is Evaluation?
What is Curriculum
Evaluation?

Curriculum
Johnson (1968)

a structured series of intended

learning outcomes or expected ends

Marsh & Willis

(1995)

a set of plan and experiences that

students undertake under the
guidance of the school (p. 10)

Posner (1995)

the set of instructional strategies

which teachers plan to use (p.5)

Tyler 1949;
Johnson, 1968;
Prat, 1980; Posner,
1998

Others define curriculum as a body of

knowledge or contents and general
statements arranged according to
certain objectives

Curriculum
Above definitions cover every
element involved in the process of
education, i.e.:
The intents, contents
Scope and sequence,
Syllabus, content outline,
textbooks, course of study
Planned , teaching-learning
experiences, organization

CURRICULUM EVALUATION:
Definition
Tyler (1950): the process of determining to what
extend educational objectives are being attained
Borg & Gall (1983): the process of making
judgment about the merit, value or worth of
educational programmes, projects, materials and
techniques
Smith & Glass (1987): the process of
establishing value judgments based on evidence
abt a program / product
Stufflebeam et al. (1971): the process of

Evaluation
An appraisal of the value of something
Act of ascertaining or fixing the worth and
merits of something.
The gathering of information for the
purpose of making decisions
Hence Curriculum Evaluation
is concerned with questions of utility that
involve value and judgment.
is fixing the worth or value of any curriculum
in relation to?

in relation to?
(Why determine Value?)

Helping students meet standards, because

Curriculum is frequently defined by
educational theorists as the link between
society and the schools (Wayne W. Welch

Education
Evaluation
Is for the purpose
of
Decision about
Individuals
which consists
of
Instructional
management

credentialing

selection

which is for the

purpose of

diagnosis

Instruction
al feedback

placemen
t

promotion

Decision about
Curriculum
which consists
of
formative

summative

Measurement & Testing

Measurement is a means of
determining the degree of
achievement of a particular
competency, while testing is the use
of instruments for measuring
achievement.

Assessment
gathering and interpreting evidence about pupils
learning and learners and their teachers using that
evidence to decide where pupils are in their learning,
where they are going and how to take the next steps
(QCA and the Assessment Reform Group, 2001)
Assessment is more comprehensive because it
covers the general process of appraisal;
while evaluation is the process of adducing value
to an outcome of educational accountability.
Assessment for learning is an essential part of the
everyday teaching and learning

Why Evaluate?
Cronbach (1963, p. 675) quite strongly
advocated the use of evaluation for course
improvement. He stated, "The greatest
service evaluation can perform is to
identify aspects of the course where
revision is desirable."