Evaluation: From Paper–Pencil to Holistic Development

Mamta Aswal; Dr. Bhaskar Chaudhary; Dr. Usha Dhulia

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2015

Evaluation: From Paper–Pencil to Holistic Development

Mamta Aswal, Dr. Bhaskar Chaudhary, Dr. Usha Dhulia

Abstract :

<p>Education is an effective tool for the development and progress of any civilised society. But a better education needs a systematic and conducive system of teaching and learning. Teaching cannot occur without high quality standardized evaluation. In every society certain kind of measurement criteria works in every sphere same as evaluation is conducted in education&ndash; to judge the worth, to promote, to distinguish, to select and to identify. The evaluation criteria followed in Indian Education system seems to be unfit for the developing society as it lacks assessment essential for holistic development. This article highlights the focus areas of research conducted in the area of evaluation with a special focus over the span of years 2001&ndash;2014. During these years Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation has emerged with an objective to remove the redundancies of the traditional evaluation system.</p>