Unit 425
Evaluation can be described as the process or steps taken to measure an outcome against a standard guidelines. It can also be viewed as Evaluation is a systematic and objective assessment of an ongoing or completed project, programme or policy, its design, implementation and results. The aim is to determine the relevance and fulfilment of objectives, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of, for in this instance, a study programme.
Learning program evaluation is a continual and systematic process of assessing the value or potential value of the learning program, course, activity or event. Results of the evaluation are used to guide decision-making around various components of the training (e.g. instructional design, delivery, results) and its overall continuation, modification, or elimination
Educational evaluation is the evaluation process of characterizing and appraising some aspect/s of an educational process.
There are two common purposes in educational evaluation which are, at times, in conflict with one another. Educational institutions usually require evaluation data to demonstrate effectiveness to funders and other stakeholders, and to provide a measure of performance for marketing purposes. Educational evaluation is also a professional activity that individual educators need to undertake if they intend to continuously review and enhance the learning they are endeavoring to facilitate
An evaluation should be structured so that there is some thought and intent as to what is to be captured, how best to capture it, and what the analysis of the captured data will tell us about the project.
Some key terms are: Several key terms are commonly used in describing the evaluation process. These key terms are:
Evaluand:
The evaluand is the program, product, policy, or system that is being evaluated.
Evaluator:
The evaluator is an individual who actually does the program evaluation. Evaluators who
are internal to the client's...