CHAPTER-9 EVALUATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Introduction:

Evaluation of curriculum presents the final stage inside cyclic process of improvement and development of curriculum. Without evaluation procedure it would be hard to imagine monitoring of institution progres toward desired needs.

This process is necessary to provide the evidences that institution made a step in the right direction, as well as useful information to stakeholders. It helps in the process of identification of problems inside curriculum and institution, solving of problems and redesigning of certain aspects of curriculum.

Evaluation can be performed as short-term and long-term evaluation. Short-term evaluation has a role of "friendly" criticism, while the long term evaluation is a crucial one, with much deeper impact.