Formative Evaluation:
1. Formative evaluation is used during
the teaching learning process to monitor the learning process.
2. Formative evaluation is developmental
in nature. The aim of this evaluation is to improve student’s learning and
teacher’s teaching.
3. Generally teacher made tests are used
for this purpose.
4. The test items are prepared for
limited content area.
5. It helps to know to what extent the
instructional objectives has been achieved.
6. It provides feed-back to the teacher
to modify the methods and to prescribe remedial works.
7. Only few skills can be tested in this
evaluation.
8. It is a continuous and regular
process.
9. It considers evaluation as a process.
10. It answers to the question, whether
the progress of the pupils in a unit is successful?
Summative Evaluation:
Formative Evaluation:
1. Formative evaluation is used during
the teaching learning process to monitor the learning process.
2. Formative evaluation is developmental
in nature. The aim of this evaluation is to improve student’s learning and
teacher’s teaching.
3. Generally teacher made tests are used
for this purpose.
4. The test items are prepared for
limited content area.
5. It helps to know to what extent the
instructional objectives has been achieved.
6. It provides feed-back to the teacher
to modify the methods and to prescribe remedial works.
7. Only few skills can be tested in this
evaluation.
8. It is a continuous and regular
process.
9. It considers evaluation as a process.
10. It answers to the question, whether
the progress of the pupils in a unit is successful?
Summative Evaluation:
1. Summative evaluation is used after the
course completion to assign the grades.
2. Summative evaluation is terminal in nature.
Its purpose is to evaluate student’s achievement.
3. Generally standardized tests are used for
the purpose.
4. The tests items are prepared from the whole
content area.
5. It helps to judge the appropriateness of
the instructional objectives.
6. It helps the teacher to know the effectiveness
of the instructional procedure.
7. Large number of skills can be tested in
this evaluation.
8. It is not regular and continuous process.
9. It considers evaluation as a product.
10. It answers to the question, the degree to
which the students have mastered the course content.
