Assessment and Evaluation

Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen.My brief this afternoon concerns the subject of Assessment and Evaluation particularly that aspect of it relating to the Educational Process.| intend to present for consideration methods we have found suitable for evaluating the study of Radiographic Technique in Nigeria.It is apposite at his stage to come to an understanding as to the meaning of the words “Assessment” and Evaluation”.The Oxford Universal Dictionary defines “assessment” as “the action of assessing; the amount assessed, the official valuation of property or income for the purposes of taxation, the value assigned to it’. It also defines “evaluation” as the action of evaluating, working out the value of; finding a numerical expression for, reconing up; ascertaining the amount of; expressing in terms of the known.From the foregoing, | propose to cull out definitions which are relevant to the object of this paper namely that ‘Assessment’ is a way of measuring a student's ability using his initial performance as the parameter (Standard of Judgement). It is a measure of progress. ‘Evaluation’ would be the measurement of a student's ability against a known standard (external criterion).