Title: What is the Importance of Evaluation?
Headings: What is the Importance of Evaluation?
What is the Importance of Evaluation?
Importance of Evaluation
1. Evaluation is Important to the Class-room Teachers, Supervisors, and Administrators in Directing as well as Guiding Teaching and Learning
2. Evaluation also helps to Measure the Validity and Reliability of Instruction
3. Evaluation Aids in Devising more Effective Instructional Materials and Procedures of Instruction
4. Evaluation Helps Teachers to Discover the Needs of the Pupils
5. Evaluation Stimulates Students to Study
6. Evaluation Helps Parents to Understand Pupil-Growth, Interests, and Potentialities
7. Evaluation can be used to Enforce External Standards upon the Individual Class or School
8. Evaluation, Likewise, Helps to Provide Objective Evidences for Effective Cooperation between Parents and Teachers
9. Evaluation is Helpful in Securing Support for the School from the Government, Local or National
10. Evaluation is Helpful to the Teacher
Types of tests useful in teaching
1. Educational Tests
2. Intelligence Tests
(a) Individual Intelligence Test
(b) Group Intelligence Test
Values of the Educational Test
1. The Educational Test Measures the Accomplishment and Progress of the Pupils
2. An Educational Test Diagnoses the Strength and Weakness of the Pupils in a Subject or Subjects
3. The Educational Test Stimulates the Pupils to Study
4. The Educational Test Measures the Validity and Reliability of Instruction
5. The Educational Test Sets-up Standards of Performance for the Pupils
6. The Educational Test opens the way to Remedial Work
7. The Educational Test can be Used for Educational and Vocational Guidance
8. Educational Test Results are a Valuable Part of the Pupil’s Records
9. Educational Tests can be used in the Classification and Sectioning of Pupils
10. The Educational Test can be used by Supervisors to Direct and Guide the Teachers

Content: From a purely methodical point of view, the measurement of effective teaching finds its great value in the possibilities it offers for the improvement of teaching and learning. All activities of the teacher should be evaluated in the light of their adequacy to promote the democratic way of life and on how nearly do the students realize the objectives of education. 3. Evaluation Aids in Devising more Effective Instructional Materials and Procedures of Instruction
Current educational literature is filled with enthusiastic advocacy of various cooperative researches, and if worked along this line, will determine the degree of success and effectiveness of evaluation. 4. Evaluation Helps Teachers to Discover the Needs of the Pupils
The purpose of any program of evaluation is to discover the needs of the pupils being evaluated and then to design learning experiences that will satisfy these needs. Traditionally, the results of evaluation have been used to compare one individual with another. It is an accepted fact that growth is a continuous process and that each individual grows at a rate that is unique for him. 5. Evaluation Stimulates Students to Study
A questioning teacher creates incentives for students to learn more.