Comparative chart about each
one of the next terms:
1. Evaluation Vs. Assessment
2. Formative Vs. Summative
Assessment
3. Validity and Reliability.
4. Quantitative Vs. Qualitative Assessment
Comparative chart
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Evaluation which is concerned with the overall
language programme and not just with what individual students have
learnt
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Assessment The term assessment refers to a variety of ways of collecting
information on a learner's language
ability
or achievement
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Formative Assessment carried out by
teachers during the learning process with the aim of using the results to
improve instruction
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Summative Assessment at the end of a course, term or school
year - often for purposes of providing aggregated information on programme
outcomes to educational authorities
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Validity a term referring to the extent
to which a test or
assessment serves the purposes for which it is intended
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Reliability where the same test is given to a group at two different points in
time or by administering two equivalent forms of the same test
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Quantitative test scores of students
in the new programme are compared to
those of students in the regular programme and responses to interviews and questionnaires
from principals and students are interpreted qualitatively
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Qualitative Assessment it is qualitative in nature and calls
for alternative and diverse methods of information collection.
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