The document discusses issues with assessment in higher education and ways to improve quality. It notes that current exams focus too much on memorization and external testing rather than continuous assessment. To improve paper setting, learning outcomes must be clear and assessment items must match outcomes and difficulties. The National Education Policy 2020 advocates for more regular, formative, competency-based assessment that measures higher-order thinking and is holistic in nature.

1. WRITING QUALITY QUESTION
PAPERS
Professor Ramakanta Mohalik
Regional Institute of Education
Bhubaneswar
email-rkmohalik@riebbs.ac.on
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2. Concept of Assessment
• Assessment an integral part of teaching
learning in higher education.
• It is the process of gathering, analyzing,
interpreting and using information collected
from students for quality improvement of
learning.
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3. Drawbacks of Present Exams
• Higher education is examination oriented
• Tests memory-cramming up information
• Non testing of HOTs
• More stress on external exams
• Little focus on continuous exams
• Blocks quest for knowledge, excitement for
discovery & joy of learning
• Poor quality questions
• Delay declaration of results
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4. Quality Paper Setting
• Analyze the content/syllabus/books
• Determine learning outcomes (LO) to assess
• Select appropriate item types
• Match items to LO
• Obtain a representative sample of items
• Select proper item difficulty
• Use correct and proper languages
• Revise and finalize
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6. For Innovative Assessment
• Learning outcomes must be clearly defined
• Teaching must be based on learning outcomes
• Teachers and students must be informed and
oriented in assessment task.
• Public perception of examination result must
be changed
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR

7. NEP 2020 & Assessment
• More regular & formative
• Competency based-core capacities
• Measures HOT
• Holistic assessment -360 degree
• Board exams at two levels-standard/higher
• Academic Bank of Credit (ABC)
2/13/2021 Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE BBSR