Assessment vs. Evaluation

Assessment or Evaluation:

The act of setting a value.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It is qualitative.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It is quantitative.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It is most useful to teachers and students.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It is summative only.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It gathers information such as students' performance.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It is diagnostic and formative as well as summative.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It is a judgement.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It focuses on the group and referenced by norm.

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Assessment or Evaluation:

It focuses on the individual student and referenced by criterion.

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