Traditional

assessment
Paper and pencil is the best
example of traditional assessment
which is used to determine the
student learning outcomes.
 Advantages of Traditional Assessment
•Traditional Assessment evaluates the learning and retaining capacity of a
child.
•It analyses how much of the provided material or syllabus has been acquired
by the student.
•This approach is overall more simple, straightforward and time- saving. The
teachers are efficiently able to manage more children in lesser amount of
time.
• Easy to answer.
•Easy to check and compare students output.
 Disadvantages of
Traditional Assessment

·Lack of context
·Students gets limited options
 PURPOSES OF TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT
> Evaluate Learners
• Traditional assessment is mainly administered to gather academic data to be
used in evaluation purpose.
> Rank Learners
• With the accessibility of assessment data, it is quite easier for teachers to
rank students traditional assessment, in the form of examination, is usually
given high emphasis rather than performance.
> Feedback of Evaluation Result
• Once the teachers are done with the Evaluation process, it is now time for
them to report the results of the Evaluation.
 STRENGTHS
> Reliability
• An assessment tool is reliable when it measures what it is supposed to measure.
> Validity
• Traditional Assessment becomes valid only when it answer the following questions:
(1) WHAT IS TO BE MEASURED? and (2) HOW CONSISTENTLY IS IT MEASURED? {Ebel &
Frisbee, 1991}
> Easy to Administer and Check
• This paper and pencil type of tests generally contain only a specific answer per item
which makes it easier to administer and check.
 Limitations
> INDIVIDUALIST
• Traditional assessment is mainly designed to measure learning on an individual
basis. The learners may find difficult especially during quarterly assessment because
of the depth and breadth of context. moreover, it moves away from the aim of 21st
century skill which aims to develop collaboration skills among learners.
> COMPETITION
• As mentioned above, 21st century education promotes collaboration among
learners. However, traditional assessment is limited only to individual learners, which
could start and cultivated competition among other learners.
 Guidelines to promote vadility and reliability in traditional
assessment items

Matching items

•Directions refer to specific headings and •Right column "answers" listed in

address extra response.
• Specify point value for each response.
•Only one accurate response to the question.
•Items clearly Indicate the desired response.
•Answers are placed on a specified location (no lines)
•Column headings are specific and descriptive.
alphabetical/numerical order Right column contains
one more item than the left.
•The elements in each column are hornogeneous.
•Each column bas at least seven elements, and
neither has more than 10 elements.
•item strongly aligns with learning target(s).
•No writing/grammar/spelling errors
 Guidelines to promote vadility and reliability in
traditional assessment items

fill-in-the-blank items

•Point value is specified for each blank. •Missing Information is limited to one to two
words.
•Item clearly indicates the desired response.
• item strongly aligns with learning target(s).
•There is only one accurate response to the
• no writing/Grammar/spelling errors.
question.
 Guidelines to promote vadility and reliability in traditional
assessment items

multiple choice Questions

•Point value is specified for each response.
•item is written in the form of a question.
•Question clearly indicates the desired response.
•Options do not include" all of the above" and
"non of the above."
• All answer options are of similar length.
• items strongly aligns with learning target(s).
Guidelines to promote vadility and reliability in traditional
assessment items

short answer questions.

•Point value is specified for each response. •These are multiple correct respondes.
• Application and higher-order questions are included. • item strongly aligns with learning target(s)
•No writing/grammar/spelling errors.
•Question clearly indicates the desired response.

•Item asks for three to five distinct elements only. •No lists of factual pieces of Information.

•Essay question is clear and Includes multiple components. •Item strongly aligns with learning

•Rubric is used and point value is specified target(s).

for each component. •No writing/grammar/spelling errors