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Unit 1: Educational Testing and Assessment : Concept, Context, Issues and Current Trends

• In the process of evaluation of cognitive outcomes of learning, the most common and reliable Notes
technique is that of testing. For collection of data both testing and non-testing techniques
(observation, inquiry, analysis) are usable. With each technique a number or tools are associated,
which help gather the data or evidences required.
• Oral Examinations
• Need for development of oral skills and expressions, which are necessary in day-to-day living,
was stressed as back as in 1964 in the fifth Conference of Chairman and Secretaries of the
Boards of Secondary Education.
• Purpose of oral examination is :

(a) to test oral skills that cannot be tested through written examinations.
(b) to confirm and probe further evidences gathered through written examination whenever
desired (viva);
(c) to judge the extent to which such skills are warranted by the nature of subject; and
(d) to make quick oral review for informal assessment of what the pupils have learnt or their
deficiencies.
• Classification of Tests : Tests have been classified in a number of ways. Some of these even
overlap.
• Form
(a) Oral examinations (b) Written examination
• Purposes
(a) Prognostic. (b) Diagnostic. (c) Power. (d) Speed. (e) Accuracy (f) Quality. (g) Range.

• Organisation
(a) Essay. (b) Objective.
• Period or Time of Administering
(a) Daily (b) Weekly (c) Monthly (d) Term (e) Year.
• Duration
(a) Short. (b) Long.
• Method of Scoring and Interpreting Results
(a) Non-standardized. (b) Standardized.
• Abilities Involved
(a) Speed. (b) Comprehension. (c) Organization. (d) Judgement. (e) Retention.
(f) Appreciation etc.
• Types of Response Involved
(a) Alternate response : (1) True - False (2) Yes - No (3) Plus - Minus.
(b) Multiple response : (1) Best Answer. (2) Correct Answer.

(c) Completion.
(d) Matching.
(e) Identification
(f) Enumeration.
(g) Eassy.

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