Internal assessment involves the continuous and periodic assessment of students' abilities and skills by their teacher/instructor. It is planned during curriculum development and aims to test skills that cannot be assessed through written exams alone. The main purposes of internal assessment are to integrate teaching and evaluation, and to assess qualities like attitudes, interests, and skills. It provides benefits like helping students study regularly, developing proper habits, and allowing teachers to identify weaknesses and diagnose students. However, it also risks subjectivity and misuse if not implemented carefully.

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Internal Assessment
Suresh Babu G
Assistant Professor
CTE CPAS Paippad, Kottayam

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INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
• Internal assessment is continuous, periodic and
internal, in which assessment is done in relation to
certain abilities and skills of the students
periodically and continuously.
• Internal assessment has to be planned at the time
of curriculum development and syllabus
interpretation.
• Internal assessment will be assessed by the
teacher/instructor of the college or school and no
external teacher or instructor involved in this.
• Internal assessment demands the out come of
students than the abilities and skills of the
students

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PURPOSES OF INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
The main purpose of introducing internal
assessment is to integrate teaching and
evaluation and to test the skills and abilities
which can not be tested through written
examination

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NEED FOR INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
1. Helpful for the student to assess their
qualitative and quantitative evaluation.
2. Teacher may use different method of teaching –
learning process.
3. Internal assessment improves the teaching
learning process,
4. It gives a comprehensive pi . The objectives of
affective domain(attitude, interest, and
appreciation)and its technique can be assessed
by internal assessment.

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5. Internal assessment motivate the students to
study.
6. Diagnostic and remedial teaching are possible
and more scientific.
7. Internal assessment motivate the student to give
more weight age to the annual examination of
the students learning
NEED FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
Internal assessment should be
1. Comprehensive (eg) academic achievement
personality traits achievement
objects.(cognitive affective and psychomotor)
2. Follow the Education Commission
Recommendation (1964-66)
3. Built in to the total educational program and
should be used for improvement rather than
certifying the level of student.

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4. Not to follow scoring procedure (some of the
items needs description)
5.Keep separate record, not to be combined with
other records.
6. Help the student in changing their attitudes
towards the day-to day program and
supplement the final examination
7. Very objective, unbiased on all the items - unit
test-oral test- practical test- home work- class
work- observational scale- participation in social
and cultural- group activities etc.
SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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COMPONENTS OF INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
Items to be observed.
• Periodic test (unit test/term test)
• Oral test
• Laboratory work
• Terms paper(written)
• Study habits
• Participation
• Co-curricular activities
• Personality tests
• Visits

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Assessment of personality traits
• Traits, co operation, initiation, honest,
leadership, fellowship, perseverance, confidence
etc
COMPONENTS OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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ADVANTAGE / MERITS OF
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
1. This is logical and psychological
2. Proper study habits are likely to be developed.
3. Students will be more regular, alert, sincere in
their study.
4. Last hours preparation will be reduced.
5. Students will pay equal attention to all the
activities
6. Helps the students to minimize their anxiety
and nervous breakdown.

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7. Gives comprehensive picture to the teacher.
8. It is a good device for motivating.
9. It helps to diagnose the weakness and strength
of the student.
10. It brings changes in their attitude, interest, and
appreciation.
11. Gives ample opportunity to assess the
student.”The teacher who teaches should
assess.”
12. Parents feel more comfortable in
knowing about their children.
ADVANTAGE / MERITS OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

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DEMERITS OF INTERNAL
ASSESSMENT
1. It may be misused by teacher
2. It can cause a great harm in the hands of an
Inexperienced, insincere, inefficient and
dishonest teacher.
3. It lose it validity if a teacher shows favouritism
personal prejudices and subjectivity in
assessment.

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