Evaluation

Assessment & Evaluation

The overall judgment of student learning, performance or program quality against defined criteria.

Evaluation is the overall judgment of student learning, performance or program quality against defined criteria.

Related Terms
Assessment
The process of measuring student learning through tests, projects or other evidence.
Summative Assessment
Assessment conducted at the end of an instructional period to evaluate and certify what a student has learned, typically resulting in a grade or qualification.
Rubric
A scoring guide that defines criteria and performance levels for an assessment.
Academic Integrity
Honest and ethical conduct in scholarship, including avoiding plagiarism, cheating and fabrication.
Adaptive Testing
An exam that adjusts question difficulty in real time based on the test-taker's previous answers.