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'''Educational evaluation''' is the [[evaluation]] process of characterizing and appraising some aspect/s of an [[education]]al process.

There are two common purposes in educational evaluation which are, at times, in conflict with one another. Educational institutions usually require evaluation data to demonstrate effectiveness to funders and other stakeholders, and to provide a measure of performance for marketing purposes. Educational evaluation is also a professional activity that individual educators need to undertake if they intend to continuously review and enhance the learning they are endeavoring to facilitate.

== Purpose for educational evaluation ==
The [[Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation]] published three sets of standards for educational evaluations. ''The Personnel Evaluation Standards'' {{ref|Personnel}} was published in 1988, ''The Program Evaluation Standards'' (2nd edition) {{ref|Program}} was published in 1994, and ''The Student Evaluations Standards'' {{ref|Students}} was published in 2003.

== See also ==
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* [[Academic equivalency evaluation]]
* [[Alternative assessment]]
* [[Classroom walkthrough]]
* [[Competency evaluation (language)|Competency evaluation]]
* [[Criterion-referenced test]]
* [[Design Focused Evaluation]]
* [[Evaluation#Methods and techniques|Evaluation methods and techniques]]
* [[Grading in education|Grading]]
* [[Knowledge survey]]
* [[Norm-referenced test]]
* [[Performance evaluation]]
* [[Program evaluation]]
* [[Standardized testing]]
* [[Standardized testing and public policy]]
* [[Teacher quality assessment]]
* [[Washington County Closed-Circuit Educational Television Project]]
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== Notes ==
# {{note|Personnel}} Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. (1988). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051212001638/http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/jc/PERSTNDS-SUM.htm The Personnel Evaluation Standards: How to Assess Systems for Evaluating Educators.]'' Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
# {{note|Program}} Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. (1994). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060222025348/http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/jc/PGMSTNDS-SUM.htm The Program Evaluation Standards, 2nd Edition.]'' Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
# {{note|Students}} Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. (2003).  ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060524144621/http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/jc/briefing/ses/ The Student Evaluation Standards: How to Improve Evaluations of Students.]'' Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press.

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Wikiversity|Educational standards organisations}}
* [http://gpseducation.oecd.org/revieweducationpolicies/#!node=41737&filter=all OECD's Education GPS: a review of education policy analysis and statistics. Policy analysis in evaluation and quality assurance]
* [http://www.eval.org American Evaluation Association]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060220073929/http://www.eval.org/TIGs/tig.html Topical interest groups (TIGs)]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20040427220103/http://www.tamu.edu/marshome/Forum.html Assessment in Higher Education]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218183923/http://www.courses.dsu.edu/TIG/ Distance Education and Other Educational Technologies]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20051221074841/http://danr.ucop.edu/eee-aea/ Extension Education Evaluation]
*** [https://archive.today/20040408073259/http://evaluation.wmich.edu/evalgrad/ Graduate Student and New Evaluators]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20051214232552/http://www.evaluand.com/aeaprek12/ PreK-12 Educational Evaluation]
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060104015911/http://home.okstate.edu/homepages.nsf/toc/tigtoe2 Teaching of Evaluation]
* [http://www.aera.net American Educational Research Association]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060301124800/http://www.aera.net/divisions/?id=73 Division H School Evaluation & Program Development]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211080123/http://www.aera.net/AERAShopper/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=AERWSTDEPT Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060206080142/http://ahe.cqu.edu.au/ Assessment in Higher Education] web site.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091015044732/http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/jc/ Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070330104852/http://www.evaluationwiki.org/ The EvaluationWiki] - The mission of EvaluationWiki is to make freely available a compendium of up-to-date information and resources to everyone involved in the science and practice of evaluation. The EvaluationWiki is presented by the non-profit [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311150127/http://www.evaluationwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Evaluation_Resource_Institute Evaluation Resource Institute].
* [http://www.wcer.wisc.edu Wisconsin Center for Education Research]

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