Advantages and Disadvantages of Self Assessment

Advantages: 

• Provides with useful information about students expectations and needs, their problems and worries, how they feel about their own progress, their reactions to the materials and methods being used. 
• It provides with information about what students thin about the course. 
• Teachers and students can diagnose problems
• Teachers receive feedback about the course
• Students find their own solutions
• Students become more autonomy. 
• Student control their learning 
• Improves students self-esteem. 

Disadvantages: 

• Learners never need to think consciously about their problem. 
• Many teachers may have serious reservations about implementing the self assessment .
• It can take a lot of time 
• Many teachers may have their doubts about the maturity of students when they are asked to give themselves a mark, which will be taken into account their overall assessment. 
• Time consuming
• Lack of objectivity 
• Since it is made by the student itself, Student might tend cheat.  
• Students might need a lot of guidance 
• Students might not be ready