evaluations
Systematic performance reviews
Evaluations are assessments of quality, value, or performance.
The word appears constantly in educational and professional contexts: annual performance evaluations, course evaluations, program evaluations.
An evaluation judges how well something or someone meets standards or expectations.
Unlike casual opinions, evaluations typically follow criteria and may have consequences: The employee's raise depends on her evaluation.
Formal evaluation of worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- appraiseDetermine value of
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
- worthDegree of importance
judgment · rating · measure · gauge · determine · weigh · quantify · calculate
Estimation of worth
- reviewCritical written assessment
- annualOccurring every year
- quarterlyFour times annually
- employeeHired organizational member
workplace · supervisor · self-assessment · goals · objectives · competencies · strengths · weaknesses
Judgment of faults
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
dissection · scrutiny · interpretation · censure · condemnation · rebuttal · pan · nitpicking
Achieves points; many
Spoken or written reactions
- suggestionsProposed ideas or advice
- inputData received for processing
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
response · reaction · observations · remarks · insights · reflections · praise · compliments
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
worth · judgment · rating · measure · gauge · determine · weigh · quantify · calculate · rank
appraisal
Estimation of worth
employee · workplace · supervisor · self-assessment · goals · objectives · competencies · strengths · weaknesses · promotion
criticism
Judgment of faults
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
examination · dissection · scrutiny · interpretation · censure · condemnation · rebuttal · pan · nitpicking · editorial
scores
Achieves points; many
B · C · D · F · pass · fail · GPA · percentile · rubric · academic
comments
Spoken or written reactions
- suggestionsProposed ideas or advice
- inputData received for processing
- adviceGuidance on decisions
guidance · response · reaction · observations · remarks · insights · reflections · praise · compliments · constructive
- official reportsannual reports, audit reports, budget reports, committee reports, compliance reports
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- feedbackcomment, comments, constructive, complaint, reviews
evaluationsgut feelings
Intuitive sense without reasoning
snap judgments · hunches · impressions · knee-jerk reactions · idle speculation
evaluationsunconditional acceptance
Embrace requiring nothing in return
blind faith · rubber-stamping · non-judgment · suspension of judgment
evaluationsraw data
Unanalyzed collected information
bare facts · observations · source material · primary evidence · inputs
- evaluation reportWritten assessment of performance
- teacher evaluationsRatings of instructors
- custody evaluationStudy determining child placement
- psych evaluation
- employee evaluationsPeriodic worker performance assessments
- mental health evaluationClinical review of psychological condition