Traditional Evaluation vs. Alternative Evaluation at FAREM-Carazo

Abstract

In the following sections, the topics related to educational evaluation, traditional and alternative assessment, innovative, democratic and cultural perspective will be addressed. The educational evaluation has been applied in a traditional way mostly, although there is also the alternative assessment approach that, as its name itself implies, has revolutionized the traditionalist approach to it. This has become innovative, to this is added its democratic character to be able to change its cultural perspective.

In the first instance, the educational evaluation has been defined by different authors using different elements that come to enrich that concept each day making it more complete and inclusive. Therefore, this has been applied in the school environment in a traditional way, this means that it is done through examinations and written tests in order to obtain a number that meet both parents and teachers´ expectations when allocating an amount to measure knowledge of their children and students.