Traditional Assessments

Advantages

very reliable

Efficient

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These assessments work well when an instructor needs to score them in a realitvely short amount of time. Example: when grading final exams and reporting term grades.

Can be scored by machines

works well for information that requires memorization or recalling of facts

Disadvantages

uses lower level cognitive skills

students do not recieve descriptive feedback

Generally does not inform instructional practice

Difficult to guage what the students know versus what they just guessed on.

Minimal applicaiton to real life situations

Records knowledge or performance of the student on that particular day.