Use and Non-use of Evaluation Results

Evaluation in general terms means to ascertain or fix a value of something. In order to evaluate something you have to be very careful so that no mistakes are done or likely to happen. 

Evaluation helps a person to market the programs of the organization. This kind of sample evaluation promotes the awareness of something among the researchers and helps them to recognize the impact of such an analysis. The impact of a program which is triggered by the evaluation process, indicates the need for any improvement in the program, and provides a detailed impression of the programs accomplishments to the various groups such as their client’s or the general public. 

A sample evaluation assesses the effect that a program has on its target group. It might have a positive as well as a negative response. Despite of the fact that evaluation really helps to draw out fair conclusions about certain matters, it does have some drawbacks. At times, evaluation results may propel a different set of thinking which can be harmful for the researcher. Many times surveying people and evaluating those results do not help in any ways if they do not yield any satisfactory result. Evaluation has both its positive and negative effects.

What is Self Evaluation?

Evaluation literally means to ascertain the worth of some entity and self- evaluation enables you to know yourselves better. A sample evaluation introduces you with certain known and unknown facts about your own self. You strength, desire, potential, weakness, beliefs and misconceptions gets revealed which allows you to know yourself in a new light.  

Anyone can opt for a sample evaluation just by filling certain self-evaluation forms, by answering questionnaires, by taking tests, asking questions, discussing or by journalizing their thinking and emotions. Evaluating others is easy but when it comes to evaluate oneself, it can be a pretty tuff job for a person. One has to be selfless to evaluate oneself.

This kind of a sample evaluation is especially encouraged by the teachers in every school of today. They want their students to know their worth and want them to attach value to every aspect of their life. For instance, teachers often ask students to place feedbacks regarding the classes, the subjects or the teachers concerned. They also provide suggestion box and also hand out evaluation forms to the students. In this way a student gets a clear idea of where he stands and hence, enables him to improve himself and ensure a bright future.