Abstract
This -work is aimed at establishing the
appropriateness of criterion referenced formative evaluations in Nigeria Secondary
Schools. The curricular was examined and the outcome showed that they are
heavily loaded with performance objectives. Such curricular flooded with
objectives are said to be “objectives-based”. In objective-based programmes, it
is in appropriate to compare a student's achievement in a test with
achievements ofhis classmates duringformative evaluation. This is
norm-referenced evaluation. Indeed, the appropriate thing in this situation is
to determine whether each student has mastered or not mastered the objectives
tested. Since the Nigerian Secondary School curricular are objectives-based,
this paper concludes that the normreferencedformative evaluation which is in
use should be replaced with criterion-referencedformative evaluation.
CHARLES, A (2026). Criterion-Referenced Formative Evaluation: A Necessary Option For Nigerian Secondary Schools:- Charles N. Agbaegbu. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Apr 01, 2026, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/criterion-referenced-formative-evaluation-a-necessary-option-for-nigerian-secondary-schools-charles-n-agbaegbu-7-2
AGBAEGBU, CHARLES. "Criterion-Referenced Formative Evaluation: A Necessary Option For Nigerian Secondary Schools:- Charles N. Agbaegbu" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 01 Apr. 2026, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/criterion-referenced-formative-evaluation-a-necessary-option-for-nigerian-secondary-schools-charles-n-agbaegbu-7-2. Accessed 01 Apr. 2026.
AGBAEGBU, CHARLES. "Criterion-Referenced Formative Evaluation: A Necessary Option For Nigerian Secondary Schools:- Charles N. Agbaegbu". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 01 Apr. 2026. Web. 01 Apr. 2026. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/criterion-referenced-formative-evaluation-a-necessary-option-for-nigerian-secondary-schools-charles-n-agbaegbu-7-2 >.
AGBAEGBU, CHARLES. "Criterion-Referenced Formative Evaluation: A Necessary Option For Nigerian Secondary Schools:- Charles N. Agbaegbu" Mouau.afribary.org (2026). Accessed 01 Apr. 2026. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/criterion-referenced-formative-evaluation-a-necessary-option-for-nigerian-secondary-schools-charles-n-agbaegbu-7-2