What are the disadvantages of e-assessment?
1. E-assessments take time and money to produce: Traditional assessments are quick and simple to produce but slow and expensive to use. E-assessment shifts the effort to the front of the process. Theyre time-consuming and expensive to create and quick and simple to use. The pay-back for e-assessment is long term but educational budgets are short/medium term. 2. E-assessment cannot be used for every type of assessment: Although e-assessment can be used to assess most types of knowledge and understanding, it has limitations. For example, essay marking is currently not well done by a computer; e-assessment is (currently) not very good at measuring creative skills. 3. E-assessment requires more support: Centres need to be tooled-up for online assessment. The infrastructure for traditional assessment is already in place; the infrastructure for e-assessment is not. Depending on the specific e-assessment system in use, centres may require dedicated assessment centres and there is a requiremen
