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EVALUATION
Mr. Upendra Yadav
Associate Professor
Depart. of Child Health Nursing,
College of Nursing, BPKIHS

On the basis of how it is used and how the results are

interpreted, Evaluation is classify into the different
types;
A.In Terms of How the results are Interpreted:
1.Placement Evaluation :
In this type of evaluation , learner's entry behavior or
capability is assessed to find out whether the student
possess knowledge , skills and attitude needed to begin the
course of instruction.
It is used to find out to what extent student has already
mastered the objectives of the planned instruction. e.g.
entrance exam.
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2. Formative Evaluation:
It is evaluation used to monitor student's learning
progress during instruction with the purpose of
providing on going feedback to students and
teachers regarding success and failure of teaching
/learning process.
Formative evaluations strengthen or improve the
object being evaluated.
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3. Summative Evaluation:
This type of evaluation is given at the end of the
course or unit of instructions to find out which
student, to what extent has mastered the intended
learning outcomes.
Though the results of summative evaluation are
primarily used for assigning the grades or for
certifying learners mastery of instructional
objectives, they can also be used to give feed back
on the appropriateness of objectives and the
effectiveness of instruction.
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4. Diagnostic Evaluation:
This type of evaluation is concerned with finding
out the reasons for student's persistent or recurring
learning difficulties that cannot be resolved by
standard corrective measures or formative
evaluation .
The aim of diagnostic evaluation is to find out the
causes of learning problems and plan to take
remedial actions.
Observational techniques or specially prepared
diagnostic techniques can be used to diagnose the
problem.
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In Terms of Interpretation of Test Result

a.

Normative Referenced Test: This type of test

helps us to determine how an individual learner's

performance compares to others in his/her group or
it helps to find out the position a student holds or
ranks when his/her achievement is compared to the
other group achievements.
b.

Criterion- referenced Test: it is designed to

fine out whether the student performance meet the

pre-determined criteria or not. This type of tests
describe what a learner can do, without reference to
the performance of others.
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Example of criterion
referenced test
To maintain the aseptic technique in doing dressing
is the criteria for doing dressing., Learners will fail in
this if he/she shows any lapse in it any time. If a
health worker can take BP with the deviation of +2
or -2, it describes a specific behaviour of that health
worker, without comparing it with the achievements
of other health workers.

Criterion
referenced
Student must meet
the
prescribed
standard
standard is absolute

Norm-referenced
Student can rank
any position in the
group
Standard
is
relative to some
known
groups
performance.
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Thank
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