Evaluation is the process of judging or appraising someting on the bases of given standards or criteria. When we evaluate something, we compare it with its counterparts in terms of effectiveness and achievements. Evaluation involves collecting, tabulating, analyzing and interpreting all the relevant information about a particular process, activity or entity to be evaluated. In education, evaluation means judging or appraising an educational program, course or activity in relation to some pre-specified objectives, goals or criteria. Evaluation is a broader term which encompasses both measurement and assessment. They are the essential parts of evaluation. And we can’t evaluate anything in the absence of measurement and assessment. When we want to evaluate a particular educational program or activity we first collect data about it through various measurements and assessments, then we use these data to determine the success or failure of the said program or activity in achieving its goals and objectives and compare it with the performance and achievement of other similar programs or activities. Evaluation helps in knowing the strengths and weaknesses of something. It enables us to know which program or activity is more effective than the other in achieving its goals and objectives.
