A friend gets Paris wrong in evaluation (9)
I believe the answer is:
appraisal
'evaluation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a friend gets paris wrong' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'gets' indicates putting letters inside (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'paris' with letters rearranged gives 'prais'.
'pal' placed around 'prais' is 'ppraisal'.
'a'+'ppraisal'='APPRAISAL'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for appraisal that I've seen before include "Formal assessment of an employee's performance" , "valuation" , "judgment" , "judgement" , "Evaluation - papal airs (anag)" .)