CURRICULUM EVALUATION

WEEK 5

DEFINITION
Making judgments about the desirability of

certain changes in students + using info to

change teaching and the curriculum

DEFINITION
Various definitions:
1.

Tyler (1950): the process of determining to

what extend educational objectives are being
attained

2.

Borg & Gall (1983): the process of making

judgment abt the merit, value or worth of
educational prog, projects, materials and
techniques

DEFINITION
3.

Smith & Glass (1987): the process of

establishing value judgments based on
evidence abt a program / product

4.

Stufflebeam et al. (1971): .. The process

of delineating, obtaining & providing useful
info for judging decision alternatives

DEFINITION
Provus (1971): the comparison of

performance to some standards to

determine whether discrepancies existed

Types of evaluation

Scriven (1967)

1) Formative evaluation
on-going program
- program improvement
provide data abt educational program
to assist developer in improving the
program

Types of evaluation
2) Summative evaluation
done at the completion of a program
- concerned with overall effectiveness of
the program
- Provide data to determine the worth of the
program

Evaluation in curriculum
development
Evaluation part of the curriculum

development process
Enables curriculum makers reviewing and

modifying to cater the current and future

needs

Evaluation in curriculum
development
Curriculum shd be continuously reviewed &

reviewed
WHY??
maintaining and sustaining:
- quality
of the program
- relevance
in meeting
- adequacy
the ever changing
- quantity
needs

Evaluation in curriculum
development

QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED:

1)

Are the program (curriculum) meeting

existing or expected needs?

2)

Does the program contain extraneous and

outdated materials?

3)

Are the students able to perform adequately

once they finish their study?

Evaluation in curriculum
development
Wentling (1980): EVALUATION MUST DO

MORE THAN :
just analyse the extend to which a program

had adhered to an original plan

OR attained its primary goals and

objectives

Evaluation in curriculum
development
So, based on Wentlings (1980)

suggestion..
Curriculum evaluation needs to go beyond

the assessment of student behaviour

It should include the overall effect on

students, teachers and society

Evaluation in curriculum
development
The task of evaluating the curriculum

involves a COMPLEX PROCESS

A comprehensive evaluation framework or
model is necessary to achieve a
systematic, effective and efficient
evaluation

Model (framework) for

Curriculum Evaluation
CIPP model (Finch & Bjorquist, 1977)

CONTEXT
EVALUATION

INPUT
EVALUATION

PROCESS
EVALUATION

PRODUCT
EVALUATION

CURRICULUM INITIATION
CURRICULUM OPERATION
AND STRUCTURING