Issues and Concerns Related to Assessment in Malaysian Primary Schools

Group members:

Cassandra Cassanius Fringkey Saimon Fung Syahirah Ghazali

Issues and Concerns Related to Assessment in Malaysian Primary Schools

Exam-oriented System

Cognitive Levels of Assessment

Overview of the task

Explain the features of an exam-oriented system and discuss its strengths and weaknesses

Discuss the Cognitive Levels of Assessment the link between the content domain to be assessed and the cognitive levels that the assessment will cover.

EXAM ORIENTED SYSTEM

What is an exam-oriented system?

The exam-oriented education system distorts motivation and learning by overemphasizing the importance of scores as outcomes and measures of students' abilities. (New Straits Times, 11 March 2012)

 Teachers taught about test content every day to make sure students got to know how to solve problems students have to deal with tons of examination papers every day scores are the only standard to evaluate students high scores will be rewarded while low scores will be punished great competition occurs among students because no one wants to be left behind

good scores, no life skills

Many a students could not behave themselves in university

THE STRENGTHS
Students study hard and improve their own knowledge Students can avoid contact with some harmful things, such as drugs and alcohol, and become virtuous. The system enables students well-disciplined so it is simple to manage student, because they are able to tell right from wrong. After dealing with tons of problems, the system hones students spirits and makes them hardworking, which benefits their future career.

THE WEAKNESSES
an exam-oriented education system distorts students motivation and learning by over-emphasizing the importance of the scores as outcomes and measures of students abilities. Students lack personality and creativity and are not qualified enough to fulfill future careers the heavy learning makes students tired of learning and unconfident Worst cases: some students even develop psychological problems and student suicide rates have increased a lot.

high grade but with low ability

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
The core reason for the problem caused by the exam-oriented education system is the selection mechanism: one exam determines all.
First, we should concentrate on regular grades; all grades will be evaluated, including the college entrance examination. This longterm assessment mechanism will make students treat every exam seriously, avoiding one exam determining all. Secondly, if students are able to take the college entrance examination several times a year, it would avoid student playing below par. Thirdly, use a comprehensive evaluation system. Not only the score, but also all the abilities will be used to evaluate a student. That will help avoid some strange instances like high grades but low abilities.