A change in student evaluating process could be observed in the last two decades and formal examination has been less frequently used in many educational institutions in different parts of the world. The result of paper based exam, though used extensively in many schools, is believed to be less suitable for assessing the ability of a learner and I believe that it should be replaced by the modern approach.
To begin with, formal examinations, in many cases, do not reflect a pupil’s true ability and knowledge. Examination or any assessment criteria is meant to examine a student objectively, but a formal test fails to do it, especially because it involved memorise and pass technique. Further, formal exams do not consider someone’s health condition on the exam date and thus is unsuitable for many. Some students take more time to produce any result and though they take a longer time, they have better result producing capability. Traditional exams would also score these sorts of students poorly.
Having said that, unconventional form of testing a student’s skill and knowledge can be quite effective and bring out a better result. For instance, oral presentation, assignments, sudden quizzes, class tests, course work, and other modern methods of evaluation can examine students from various perspectives and when the result is combined, the indication is far more accurate. These tests scrutinise a learner’s creativity, knowledge depth, creativity, ability to use the knowledge in the practical world and are important parameters of a student’s reasoning and reflection of learning ability.
In conclusion, evaluating a learner accurately is utterly important and the best method for this should be in place. No doubt the formal examination system had been used for a long but the time has come to adopt more accurate and practical assessment system and hence the shift towards a combination of innovative assessment systems is inevitable.
A
change
in
student
evaluating process could
be observed
in the last two decades and
formal
examination
has been less
frequently
used
in
many
educational institutions in
different
parts of the world. The
result
of paper based exam, though
used
extensively
in
many
schools,
is believed
to be less suitable for assessing the ability of a learner and I believe that it should
be replaced
by the modern approach.
To
begin
with,
formal
examinations
, in
many
cases, do not reflect a pupil’s true ability and
knowledge
.
Examination
or any assessment criteria
is meant
to examine a
student
objectively
,
but
a
formal
test
fails to do it,
especially
because
it involved
memorise
and pass technique.
Further
,
formal
exams do not consider someone’s health condition on the exam date and
thus
is unsuitable for
many
.
Some
students
take more time to produce any
result
and though they take a longer time, they have better
result
producing capability. Traditional exams would
also
score these sorts of
students
poorly
.
Having said that, unconventional form of testing a
student’s
skill
and
knowledge
can be quite effective and bring out a better
result
.
For instance
, oral presentation, assignments, sudden quizzes,
class
tests
, course work, and other modern methods of evaluation can examine
students
from various perspectives and when the
result
is combined
, the indication is far more accurate. These
tests
scrutinise
a learner’s creativity,
knowledge
depth, creativity, ability to
use
the
knowledge
in the practical world and are
important
parameters of a
student’s
reasoning and reflection of learning ability.
In conclusion
, evaluating a learner
accurately
is
utterly
important
and the best method for this should be in place. No doubt the
formal
examination
system had been
used
for a long
but
the time has
come
to adopt more accurate and practical assessment system and
hence
the shift towards a combination of innovative assessment systems is inevitable.