EXAMINATIONS AND SCHOLASTIC TESTS
Chapter 35 EXAMINATIONS AND SCHOLASTIC TESTS The Chapter at a Glance The essay type examination or our current examination system. The standardized test or scale. The new type examination or the objective test. Overhauling of the examination system. All education aims at bringing about certain desirable changes in the thought and behavior of the learner. A successful education makes an addition to the knowledge of the students in certain specified subjects of study like history, geography, mathematics, languages, social sciences, biology, physics, chemistry, etc. In addition to this, education brings about desirable changes in the character and personality of the learners and tends to turn them into better and more efficient citizens. The Role of Educational Examinations When a certain amount of instruction has been imparted to the learners, a stage comes when the teacher feels that he must take stock of the entire situation and survey th