Educational Evaluation: Functions and Applications in Educational Contexts

Abstract

Evaluation is a process in which an educational and training procedure is compared with its predetermined goals to find out their fulfillment. On the twenty first century, Educational evaluation, as a branch of educational science, is a major contributor to the improvement of education quality. Educational evaluation is used in any educational activity and in every kind of activity for transferring, motivating and acquiring knowledge and skill. Educational evaluation is applied to find out learners’ achievements and diagnose educational outcomes, and plays a vital role in improving the education quality. It is regarded as an ongoing and ruled process of describing, guiding and making sure of the educational quality. Results showed educational evaluation has different functions and applications some of which are recognition, syllabus revision, comparison and needs analysis.