Ahuja, Manoj and Chomal, Aanchal
Assessment reform - Yojana - 66(2), Feb, 2022: p.13-16
High quality educational assessment is central to any well-functioning schooling system. Such a system would be typically characterized with assessments that are valid, reliable, fair, and equitable for its wide diversity of student population. However, at present, across a majority of school systems in the country, assessments are commonly perceived as examinations or tests that end up measuring a very narrow range of competencies across subjects and fail to accurately measure the overall potential of the students. Such a system creates undue pressure, stress, and anxiety among students and reduces the goal of education to merely scoring high marks in key examinations. – Reproduced
Assessment reform - Yojana - 66(2), Feb, 2022: p.13-16
High quality educational assessment is central to any well-functioning schooling system. Such a system would be typically characterized with assessments that are valid, reliable, fair, and equitable for its wide diversity of student population. However, at present, across a majority of school systems in the country, assessments are commonly perceived as examinations or tests that end up measuring a very narrow range of competencies across subjects and fail to accurately measure the overall potential of the students. Such a system creates undue pressure, stress, and anxiety among students and reduces the goal of education to merely scoring high marks in key examinations. – Reproduced