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Educational Measurement and Evaluation Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 22 : Continuous Assessment

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
22.1 Meaning of Continuous Assessment
22.2 Need of Continuous Assessment
22.3 Purposes of Continuous Assessment
22.4 Types of Continuous Assessment
22.5 Principles of Continuous Assessment
22.6 Advantages of Continuous Assessment
22.7 Summary
22.8 Keywords

22.9 Review Questions
22.10 Further Readings

Objectives
The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :

• To explain the meaning of Continuous assessment
• To discuss about the need of Continuous assessment
• To describe about the purposes of Continuous assessment
• To explain about the advantages and problems of Continuous assessment

Introduction

In today’s policy environment, testing has become a critical component of education reform.
Policy makers and education administrators often view test scores as a measure of educational
quality and use test scores to hold schools accountable for teacher performance. Continuous
assessment, an alternative or supplement to high stakes testing of pupil achievement, offers a
methodology for measuring pupil performance and using those findings to improve the success
of pupils.

22.1 Meaning of Continuous Assessment
Continuous assessment is a classroom strategy implemented by teachers to ascertain the
knowledge, understanding, and skills attained by pupils. Teachers administer assessments in a
variety of ways over time to allow them to observe multiple tasks and to collect information
about what pupils know, understand, and can do. These assessments are curriculum-based tasks
previously taught in class. Continuous assessment occurs frequently during the school year and
is part of regular teacher-pupil interactions. Pupils receive feedback from teachers based on their
performance that allows them to focus on topics they have not yet mastered. Teachers learn

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