Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• M Hassani
• H Pozesh Shirazi

Abstract

Evaluation of student achievement as one of the pillars of the formal and public education system is very important. The change from quantitative to qualitative evaluation has been taking into consideration seriously and it is on the agenda of the Supreme Council of Education since the early years of 1980’s and with the approval of the Supreme Council of Education on 8^th of September 2001 the possibility of its performance appeared.  At first, the new model was piloted and gradually spread anywhere. During this study, many researches on the qualitative evaluation and its results in different cities have been done. Analyzing 30 researches in the field of qualitative evaluation, a comprehensive view was provided. Overall, researches have shown that this model did not reduce student learning. Moreover, in terms of reducing student stress it must be said that descriptive evaluation has been successful in this field.

Keywords

• Evaluation of academic achievement
• Descriptive qualitative evaluation
• Quantitative evaluation