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Educational Measurement and Evaluation Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 30 : Essay Type Test: Advantages and Limitations

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
30.1 Meaning : Essay Type Test
30.2 Extended and Restricted Response Essay Type Test
30.3 Principles of Constructing Essay Type Test
30.4 Grading of Essay Type Test
30.5 Improving in Reliability of Scoring Essay Type Test
30.6 Advantages of Essay Type Test
30.7 Limitations of Essay Type Test
30.8 Summary
30.9 Keywords

30.10 Review Questions
30.11 Further Readings

Objectives
The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :
• To know about the meaning of essay type test
• To discuss about the extended and Restricted Response of Essay type test.

• To explain the principles of Constructing Essay type test
• To describe the grading of essay type test
• To discuss about the improving in Reliability of scoring Essay type test
• To explain the advantages and limitations of essay type test

Introduction

For efficient-testing, use of ETQ at secondary and university stages is not only necessary but also
the most difficult exercise for paper setters. In spite of their frequent use in testing, they are the
ones that are criticised the most for lack of their validity and reliability. Taylor of Guwahati
University and Edwin Harper of Ewing Christian College, Allahabad have done tremendous
research work on the validity and reliability of grading and other aspects of ETQ, highlighting
the inadequacies of these questions. But this does not mean that these questions have little
potential of measuring the educational outcomes. Regarding their relevance in daily life, adults
and students do encounter situations where they have to respond in a manner one likes to
express, explain or react, like listening and reciting stories, communicating and receiving messages
from others, presenting new points in a summarised way etc. Therefore no system of examinations
can ignore this reality of assessing students on skills and abilities that are necessary for disciplining
the life of every one of us.

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