A Time for Education Evaluation
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas
When to Evaluate Education
As education is learned it should also be evaluated. Education should be evaluated over time at a constant rate. Just as time is constant, the time for education evaluation should also be constant. Time for education evaluation needs to be scheduled so that it is clearly known when education evaluation will take place. From daily five minute warm-ups to annual 12 hour examinations, we hope that the right time for educational evaluations also coincides with the right time for students to be evaluated on their education. It is also important that we acknowledge that time limits have a limit, and this will have an effect on the results of the evaluation.
Time
We must set a limit on the time in which students are evaluated, and take into consideration that the evaluation must be collected, counted, and corrected. Three time frames are of great significance when evaluating education: Administration, Assessment, and Application. Administration time begins when the need to evaluate is agreed upon, and the process of developing a time-limited evaluation, that is fair, is completed and administer to the learners. Assessment time includes the preparation of educators and learners on how to execute the evaluation, how to secure the evaluation once it has been administered, and how the results of the evaluation will be presented. Application time begins with the results of the evaluation, and continues on as these results are studied, analyzed, and apply for the betterment of the educational learning process.
In a limited educational evaluation, the learner has a limited amount of time in which to remember what they know about what they are being evaluated on. It presents a challenge of knowledge and time. Students must be able to manage problem solving while being aware of the total time allowed, the time needed to solve problems, and the difficulty level of the problem. Students who develop the skills of recalling knowledge learned over time, and can apply it to solve problems in the time given, will see the results of their educational evaluation to be at a level that is greater than those who do not develop these skills.
A Time to Evaluate Education
With limited time, we can only achieve a limited evaluation. With a limited evaluation, can only achieve an incomplete assessment. With an incomplete assessment, the results of our evaluation will also be incomplete. When we evaluate education, we must also remember that there is a limit to the evaluation due to time constrains. This time constrains also set a limit on the knowledge that we can evaluate from the students. By making sure the knowledge that we evaluate in education is clear, measurable, and balanced, we can make sure that the educational evaluation of our students will be fair and will benefit them in their education.
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