Question

External assessments are expensive yet can bring valuable insights into the risk and security level of the organization. Some companies perform assessments on a periodic basis that are both scheduled and unscheduled. Assessment can be asked to gauge how we are doing. What experience have you had with both internal and external assessments?

Answer 1

Internal Assessment

Internal assessment refers to the process evaluating students or staffs by the people who govern it. No external authority or office is liable to interfere with the test given to the members of the institution. The only governing body is the head of the institution.

Need for internal assessment

To give credit in final assessment.

To reduce tension associated with final examination.

To provide link for feedback in teaching.

To evaluate sphere of activity this cannot be alone through public examination.

To provide opportunity to the teacher to evaluate his/her students.

To induce students for continue learning.

Basic principles of internal assessment

Should be continuous and made by subject teacher, it does not replace examination.

It uses suitable evaluation tools and techniques.

Fix proportion of marks according to hours of instructions and importance of subject to nursing.

Used as a feedback to improve teaching.

Students should know their internal assessment marks before their final examination.

Give opportunity to students to improve their internal assessment grade by additional tests, assignments etc.

Results must be studied statistically.

Improve a number of components.

Advantages

No undue weight age is given to annual or external assessments.

Students will be engaged in study throughout the year.

They will be more regular, alert and science in students.

Eleventh hour preparation in assessmensts will be reduced to minimum.

Internal assessment helps to reduce anxiety and prevent nervous breakdown in students.

Disadvantages

A teacher may misuse it.

It can cause a great harm in the hands of an inexperienced, insincere teacher.

It will lose its validity if favourism, personal prejudice and subjectivity.

External assessment

An evaluation carried out by evaluators external to the entity evaluated. An evaluation which is performed by persons outside the organization responsible for the intervention itself.

Importance/objectives of external assessment

Degree/certificate A standard.

To make distinguish. Comparison of abilities.

To evaluate the progress.

Selection for higher education.

To get employment.

Popularity/standard of educational institution.

Selection of intelligent students.

Competition. Evaluation of teacher’s performance.

Evaluation of objectives and curriculum.

Creation of good habits in students.

Satisfaction and happiness of parents.

Advantages

A person will be able to know his/her performance and knowledge.

For most people assessment may encourage them to work and learn.

It can create competition which pushes the competitioners to do their best.

It helps in developing one’s own personality and confidence.

If a person passes the assessment and got good result, it helps to get a scholarship which will bring to have a good job.

Disadvantages

Use of unfair means in examination hall.

Just pass the assessment to get degree.

Partial curriculum is covered.

In complete evaluation of personality.

Unreliable results.

Use of helping books and guess papers.