CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

Continuous assessment means assessing aspects of learners' language throughout their course and then producing a final evaluation result from these assessments. It can be compared with a final or summative assessment, which only assesses the learner at the end of the course. Continuous assessment often provides a more accurate and complete picture of the learner's level and has a positive impact on learning.
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Assessment: Continuous Assessment
Types of Continuous Assessment
Continuous assessment is more likely to be formative, process-oriented, informal, internal, learner-involved, and/or self-referenced in nature. It can take the form of daily work (e.g. essays, quizzes, presentation and participation in class), projects/term papers and practical work (e.g. laboratory work, fieldwork, clinical procedures, drawing practice).
Daily work
• Pros o This is likely to be the most sustained means of assessment, and in providing relatively prompt feedback, it serves to reinforce or correct learned responses. o It assists in pacing learning. If a course is broken into units, each assessed on completion, students have regular feedback of what they have mastered (and what they need additional work on). o As the most extensive means of assessment, it has a sustained impact on and improves the quality of student learning.
• Cons and possible solutions o As it is fairly labour intensive for both students and the teacher, decisions will have to be taken regarding an optimum level. Too many assignments may result in justice not being done to them all. It is probably better to have regular but smaller assignments than large-scale but infrequent ones. Experience indicates that giving students more