Internal Examinations

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Internal Examinations

In addition the continuous assessment, internal college examinations will be held every year. In order to ensure that the maximum amount of time is made available for teaching and learning, it is recommended that these are reduced from three to two. The first one should serve the purpose of a Progress Test, enabling teachers and students to assess how they are doing. The final annual examination, however, should serve the purpose of an Achievement Test, enabling teachers to sort students out in relation to the prescribed standard.

Examples of communicative language testing should be made available in the form of sample examination papers containing a variety of valid and reliable questions types. It is important that teachers understand what is being tested in any particular question so that they can set/ mark their own questions accordingly. In general, examinations should be based on (i) reading skills, (ii) writing skills, (iii) vocabulary, and (iv) grammar, (v) Listening and (vi) speaking skills could also be included where this is practical, but should always be represented in the monthly assessment. It is recommended that students' final evaluation be based on a combination of monthly assessment and examination scores.