TRADITIONAL

ASSESSMENT
PROF ED 9
Assessment in Learning 1
Traditional Assessment

DEFINITION AND PURPOSE ADVANTAGE AND EXAMPLES OF

DISADVANTAGES TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENT
Traditional Assessment
◦ Traditional assessment are the conventional methods of testing which usually produce a written
document, such as quiz, exam, or paper
◦ It is used to determine what students know at the end of the chapter, unit or topic.
◦ In the TA model, the curriculum drives the assessment. The body of knowledge is determined first. That
knowledge becomes the curriculum that is delivered. Subsequently, the assessments are developed and
administered to determine if acquisition of the curriculum occurred.
◦ These kind of assessments are easy to grade, but only test isolated application, facts, or memorized data
at lower-level thinking skills.
Purpose
◦ It is used to evaluate students, rank students
and assign final grade.
Advantage of Traditional Assessment
◦ The primary benefits of traditional assessment are the ease with which administrators
and admissions professionals can analyze and compare student scores.
◦ Standardized testing that relies entirely on quantifiable responses produces an
assessment that is easy to score.
◦ Students’ results are comparable over time and across a large, diverse group of
students
◦ 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. It also helps educators or teachers to compare the performances of different
students.
◦ The teacher gets a preview of a student’s knowledge conveniently.
Advantages of Traditional Assessment
◦ It assesses a student’s learning through a set of questions curated as per the specified syllabus.
Exams and tests conducted are pen and paper-based. The answers to every question pertain to
a particular subject and do not fluctuate as per the opinions of the people, hence the evaluation
by the teachers is also elementary and straightforward.
◦ Traditional assessments do not require extra tools and hence is very economical. A simple pen
and paper can be used in the procedure.
◦ This approach is overall more simple, straightforward and time-saving. The teachers are
efficiently able to manage more children in a lesser amount of time. It is quiet, reliable and
fixed.
Disadvantages of Traditional Assessment
◦ Students answer questions one by one without the need to apply long-term critical reasoning skills.
◦ They also lack chances to demonstrate their reasoning skills despite a lack of knowledge about a
question’s specific subject matter.
◦ not every individual may be suited to a particular format, and traditional assessments are very
restrictive.
◦ Students get limited options.
◦ Students do not develop extensive comprehensive skills.
◦ It is a more theory-based approach which may sometimes not promote a healthy learning and
inclusive atmosphere. Students feel pressured, and competence can cause anxiety. This method is
not very diversified, and hence it fails in catering to the unique needs of every individual.
Examples of Traditional Assessment
1. Quizzes
2. Reports
3. Essays
4. Multiple-choice questions
5. Unit tests
6. Standardized tests
Examples of Traditional Assessment

◦ Quizzes: A quiz is a short test that assesses a

student’s knowledge of a particular subject.
Examples of Traditional Assessment

◦ Reports: Reports are written documents

that provide information about a
particular topic or subject.
Examples of Traditional Assessment

◦ Essays: Essays are written pieces that

require students to express their
thoughts and ideas on a particular
topic.
Examples of Traditional Assessment

◦ Multiple-choice questions: Multiple-

choice questions are questions that
have several possible answers, but only
one correct answer.
Examples of Traditional Assessment

◦ Unit tests: Unit tests are tests that

assess a student’s knowledge of a
particular unit or section of a course.
Examples of Traditional Assessment

◦ Standardized tests: Standardized tests

are tests that are administered and
scored in a consistent manner across all
students.
IMPACT ON TEACHING
◦ Traditional assessment forces educators to spend time teaching
students how to manage tests, including strategies for selecting
correct answers from a listed group. Alternative assessment
allows educators to focus on critical reasoning skills, which
students will be able to apply naturally to long-form test
questions.
◦ However, in situations where alternative assessment replaces
traditional assessment, this means teachers need to learn new
methods of test preparation and schools need to develop
alternative forms of performance assessment for their students
and teachers. These changes to accommodate a new form of
assessment mean added cost for schools and a disruptive change
in teaching methods for current students.
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