Uses of evaluation

The various uses of evaluation

Parents come to know about the progress of their wards –

It is important for the parents to know about the talents as well as shortcomings of their children so that they can also do their bit towards a more harmonious development of their children.

Reveals the stage at which pupils have arrived –

Results of evaluation can help the teacher to appraise the extent to which pupils are progressing towards goals. She can then prepare a teaching programme accordingly.

Testing the Teacher’s efficiency –

Evaluation of the pupils is a form of self-assessment of the teacher too. She can create new strategies to enhance the teaching-learning process.

Guidance and Counselling –

Evaluative techniques and their results help the guide to understand the students abilities and diagnose their problems.

Extent of achievement of objectives –

Evaluation helps to gauge to what degree one has been successful in implementing or achieving the educational objectives.

Identify strengths and weaknesses of the curriculum –

Evaluation helps to deduce if certain factors/units of the curriculum are too easy or too difficult for the students to handle.

Research purposes –

The results of evaluation also aid in research purposes to come up with new findings or patterns which help to develop newer and better tools and techniques of evaluation.