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Educational Measurement and Evaluation

Notes • The feedback is given immediately after the test is over, which gives an intrinsic reinforcement
to the student.
• The student finds it more interesting and motivating as compared to the paper-pencil diagnostic
test.
• It can be updated from time to time.
• It is economical in terms of money as it requires only one time investment.
There are some limitations of Computer Based Diagnostic Testing (CBDT). These are as follows :
• The learner might find it uninteresting or monotonous as compared to paper pencil test.
• The teacher might find CBDT difficult to administer if he / she is not a computer savvy.
• It faces certain constraints, like, power cut, when it is being administered.
• The learner might not take it seriously as he / she is used to the traditional paper and pencil
tests.
• The development of CBDT is costly and tedious as compared to paper and pencil test.
• The use of CBDT requires many computers which may not be available in all the schools.
• The learners who are not computer friendly might not feel at ease while giving the test on
Computer.
• Certain technical problems might crop up which can distract the learner while giving the test.
• All teachers may not be competent to develop diagnostic test and especially CBDT.
• Teacher may not know computer languages that may be used for developing CBDT.

25.6 Use of ICT in Evaluation
At present the paper pencil tests are conducted for evaluating the academic performance of
students. These tests are conducted in the group setting. The content coverage is poor and students
cannot use them at their own. These tests are evaluated by the teachers and they may not give
feedback immediately to each and every student. It may be due to this that students are unable to
know their weakness and do not make any attempt to improve upon them. The ICT can be made
use in the evaluation. One such attempt has been made by Sansanwal and Dahiya (2006) who
developed Computer Based Test in Research Methodology and Statistics. It has been titled as Test
your Understanding : Research Methods and Statistics. This test can be used by individual student
to evaluate his learning. The student can instantaneously get the feedback about the status of his
understanding. If the answer is wrong, he even can get the correct answer. It goes a long way in
improving the learning and teacher has no role to play in it. It is left up to students to use it. Such
tests can be uploaded on the website for wider use. The students from other institutes can also
make use of it. Not only the students even the teachers can also use it to assess their own
understanding of the subject. If used by teachers before teaching the topic, they can prepare the
topic properly. Such software can be used for internal assessment. Thus, ICT can be used to
improve the quality of pre as well as in-service teacher’s training.

How does CBDT helps in education

25.7 Use of ICT in Psychological Testing

There are individual differences. Through research some correlates of academic achievement
have been studied. Rarely this information is used by school / college teachers. Many of them
even do not know about such researches. Even if they know, they do not make use of it at the
time of forming the groups for different academic courses.

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