SECTIONA: RESTRICTEDRESPONSEESSAYQUESTIONS
1. Assessment is done for various purposes. Briefly explain any five purposes of assessment.
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2. With an aid of a table, outline any four differences between Assessment for Learning (AFL)
and Assessment of Learning (AOL)
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3. Validity is a measure of the extent to which assessment measures what it is intended to
measure.
(a) Explain how the following factors affect validity.
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(i) Reading Vocabulary and sentence structure too difficult
(ii) Inadequate time
(iii) Overemphasis of easy to assessaspects at the expense of important yet difficult to
assess aspects
(iv) Length of the test (number of items in a test)
(v) Improper arrangement of test items (questions)
(b) Suggest ways to minimise effects of factors in (a) on validity.
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4. Analyse the following questions (items).
QUESTION 1
Who is the current President of the
Republic of Namibia?
A Dr Hage Garoeb
B Dr Sam Nuuyoma
C Dr Hage Geingob
D Dr Paulus litula
Question 3 true or false
Validity is a measure of the extent to which
assessment measures what it is intended to
measure. An assessment practitioner
should always consider content and
construct validity as the two most
important types of validity. True
QUESTION 2
Namibia got its independence in
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