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In education, the term Assessment refers to the wide variety of
methods or tools that educators use to evaluate the learning progress, skill
acquisition, or educational needs of students. Assessment is equally
significant for students as it enables them to check their understanding of the
subject, to be aware of their progress and use that awareness to adjust and
advance their learning. Assessment is an integral part of teaching learning
process as it determines whether the goals of education are being achieved or
not.
Assessment
(either summative or formative) is often categorized as either objective or
subjective. Objective Assessment is a way of examining in which questions asked has a
single correct answer. Objective question types include true/false, multiple
choice and matching questions. Objective Assessment has its own importance as
it can measure all levels of student ability from memory to synthesis.
Multiple
choice questions (MCQ) is a significant form of Objective Assessment. In this tool of evaluating the learners are asked to
choose only correct answer out of the choices from the list. The concept of
MCQs was developed by Benjamin D. Wood and its popularity increased in mid 20th
century when scanners and data processing concept were developed to check the results.
Some of the major features of MCQs test are as follows:
MCQs
notably lower marking time and analysis of individual question is more
feasible.
They have
high reliability, validity and manageability.
They are
suitable for use in many different subject matter areas and can be used to
measure a great variety of educational objectives.
MCQs are
flexible to various levels of learning outcomes from simple recall of content
to more complex levels such as student ability to examine facts, understanding
concepts and principles.
MCQs test
extent of understanding across a much wider range of content.
A true and
false test consists of a statement that requires a true or false
response. These test are factual based rather than opinion-oriented, and are
designed to quickly and efficiently test learner knowledge about a particular
idea or concept.
The
matching test format consists of two columns, including one with a definition
or phrase, and another with a word, number, or symbol. These test measure
the student’s ability to connect words, complete sentences, or pair words with
their definition. As an objective form of evaluation, matching test format
tests the student’s knowledge of the subject matter and facilitate teacher to
incorporate a little variety into classroom activities.
At edulytic we
strive to achieve the purpose of Objective Assessment by providing the platform to students to evaluate their
progress by taking multiple tests. Students progress, accuracy, attempted and
unattempted questions can be tracked under parent and student dashboard. Two
levels of practice tests are designed at topic level for incorrectly answered
questions, one which focuses on immediate last test given and another which
captures all incorrectly answered questions for the same topic. A subject level
practice test is also designed which is enabled when the student takes all
applicable tests available for a particular subject.
Summing up
altogether, Objective Assessment is a more comprehensive evaluation of the student
learning outcomes from basic recall to application, analysis and evaluation.