External Examination

Meaning
• When the evaluation of the learners ability is
made by an outside- a person not related with
the actual day to day process of teaching- the
mode of assessment is known as external
assessment.
• The leaner and evaluator are anonymous to
each other.
• It serves only summative evaluation of
scholastic abilities
• External assessments occur less
frequently than internal assessments,
but they usually have greater
importance, more authority, and higher
stakes attached to them.
• External assessments have been used
as indicators of both the educational
achievement of students and the
quality of instruction in schools/
colleges
 Importance & Objectives of
External Assessment
• To award the students with
Degree/Certificate
• To maintain standard of education
• To place the students in merit.
• For Comparison of student’s abilities
• To evaluate the progress of Institution
• Selection for Higher education
• To get employment
• Popularity/Standard of educational
institution.
• Selection of intelligent students.
• Evaluation of teacher’s performance
• Evaluation of objectives and
curriculum.
• Creation of good habits in students
• Satisfaction and happiness of parent
 Advantages of External Assessment
• External assessment helps in developing competent
person from practicing.
• It justifies the decision as to whether they should move
up to the next class or be awarded a degree or diploma.
• External assessment is useful in determining the
abilities of a student before developing a plan.
• External assessment is designed to detect and locate
faults and problems which often are overseen by
internal systems
• The vital advantage of an external assessment is that it
makes easier to compare diverse situation and
conditions and articulate their judgments about the
equality of measures.
• A team of experienced assessors leads you
through the structured review of how well
students are doing, bringing fresh perspective
and objectivity to the exercise.
• Performance in educational institutes is
increasingly judged on the basis of effective
learning outcomes.
• External assessment provides Information which
is critical to know whether the School system is
delivering good performance and to providing
feedback for improvement in student outcomes.
• External assessment is the best way to
evaluate and revaluate the course of studies.
• It can be used as a good device for
motivating students.
• It brings about a change in the attitude,
interests and appreciation of students and
teachers towards school programmes.
• It also assists in following positive values.
 Disadvantages of External Assessment

• Much narrower range of assessment

opportunities: less diverse assessment; one
exam per year.
• Removes assessment entirely from teaching
and learning; stressful conditions may lead to
students not demonstrating real capacities.
• Limits validity by limiting scope of
assessment, e.g. difficult to assess interaction
skills in exam environment.
• Even with double marking, examiner’s
judgments can be affected by various
factors (task difficulty, topic, interest level,
tiredness, etc); little opportunity for assessor
reflection / review.
• Fairness can only be achieved by treating
everyone the same, i.e. setting the same task
at the same time for all students.
• Teachers play little to no role in assessment
of their students and have no opportunity to
share their expertise or knowledge of their
students; students treated as numbers.
• The only feedback is usually a grade at the end of
the course; no opportunities for interaction with
assessor; no chance to ask how to improve.
• Examination is purely summative, and does not
serve any teaching-related purpose; effects on
teaching and learning may even be negative; may
encourage teaching to the test and a focus on
exam technique, rather than outcomes
• Teachers have no opportunity to build their
assessment skills; get little or no feedback on how
to improve as teachers.
Educational Evaluation

Unit 1: Concept of Educational Evaluation

 Concept of Educational Evaluation
• Definition: “Evaluation is any systematic,
continuous process of determining
• i. the extent to which specified educational objectives,
previously identified &
• defined, are attained:
• ii. the effectiveness of the learning experiences
provided in the classroom
• iii. how well the goals of education have been
accomplished.”
 Characteristics of Educational
Evaluation
• 1. Systematic process
• 2. Continuous process
• 3. Comprehensive
• 4. Objectives are previously identified &
defined
• 5. Helps in use of appropriate teaching
techniques& methodology
• 6. Learning more important than teaching.
• 9. Interdependent: objectives, content,
learning experience, evaluation procedure

CONTENT

EVALUATIO
OBJECTIVE N
S PROCEDUR
E

LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
 Principles of Evaluation
• Identify &Define Educational objectives
• Purpose-to be served.
• Use of Variety of techniques
• Awareness of strength & weakness of the
tool & technique
• Evaluation is a means to an end and not
an end in itself.