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: It cannot be denied that the evaluation of teaching and learning is an exceedingly complex activity. However, the efficiency of the teacher and the growth and achievement of the pupil can be evaluated through the use of such devices as check lists, rating scales, and tests of different aspects of teaching ability, interview, and questionnaires. Through the use of such devices much valuable data may be gathered relative to many of the important aspects of teaching and learning. ADVERTISEMENTS: The importance of evaluation in teaching can be summarized as follows: 1. Evaluation is Important to the Class-room Teachers, Supervisors, and Administrators in Directing as well as Guiding Teaching and Learning
Evaluation, to be of importance to teachers and supervisors, should be diagnostic, i.e., it should reveal the specific points of strength and weakness in teaching and learning. 2. Evaluation also helps to Measure the Validity and Reliability of Instruction
ADVERTISEMENTS: The effectiveness and success of any phase of teaching technique can be demonstrated through the nature of the results obtained.