Deciding that a certain number of absences is a threat to a student's success is making an evaluation . I developed the test and graded Pat's responses, but beyond that I had nothing to do with it. Actually, you did have something to do with it. Therefore, your testing methods and standards have been arrived at through a process of evaluation . You have evaluated Pat.
Evaluation can take place even when there has been no measurement.
Film critics do this every day. Such evaluations are often seen as being subjective and open to challenge. Very often, the confidence we have in subjective judgments depends upon the esteem in which we hold the evaluator and the level of expertise that we feel has been brought to the evaluation task. Measurement and assessment can theoretically take place without a context of judgment. A person may weigh 60 kg.