Constant comparisons are made between the students to enhance performance does not illustrate assessment for learning. This will increase his anxiety and stress levels. It can lower the self-esteem of the students and make them believe that everybody is better than they are.

Assessment for learning is an ongoing process where teacher look into student’s performance and decide where learners are in their learning and where they need to reach and how will they reach.

Assessment of learning is done after the period of time. In this teacher pass the judgement about the student’s performance and do not provide any opportunity for the improvement. It is mostly done after the test, exam, or session end.

* Evaluating coursework quality

* Learning process

* Academic achievement

* To identify whether students have met the learning standards

* Helping students reflect on their academic goals and progress as learners

* Creating a lasting archive of academic work products, accomplishments and other documentation

Portfolios can be a physical collection of student's work that includes materials such as written assignments, journal entries, completed tasks, artwork, lab reports, physical projects, and other material evidence of learning progress and academic accomplishment, including awards, honors, certifications, recommendation, and written evaluation by teachers or feedback from peers and self-reflection by the student.

Assessment for learning is a teaching and learning approach that generates feedback that is then used to improve student performance. Students become more engaged in the learning process as a result of which they gain confidence in what they are expected to learn and to what standard. Assessment is used to gather relevant information about student performance or progress, or to determine student interests in order to make decisions about their learning process. After receiving this information, teachers can customize their teaching plans by reflecting on each student's level of achievement as well as the group's specific inclinations. Continuous assessment provides feedback on the learning and teaching process on a daily basis. Assessment can help to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning. It also promotes an understanding of teaching as a formative process that evolves over time with student feedback and input.

The assessment of students is used to build up an appropriate plan. They help in the decision making process. They are used to calculate the correct methodologies and approaches of the teacher. The conclusions are used to sort out the learning troubles of the students. It provides feedback which enhances the instruction process.

Assessment is done to find out the barriers in the learning process, and teachers can remove these barriers by adopting different teaching approaches according to the children's needs. Teachers in teaching can use the assessment of students to develop insight into a child's understanding and changing the teaching approach if required. After an assessment, a teacher can review which questions most students choose or avoid, what concepts students still find difficult, etc.

Objectivity is not the good characteristic of a good test as one cannot judge subjective issues such as the thinking and reasoning ability of student with only objective test.