Assessment Driven

Learning

Some Issues

• No state/central examinations upto grade 12

• Children promoted to next grade irrespective of examination performance

• Children move upwards with gaps

• Large classes (40-50 students per class)

• High teacher contact sessions (30-40 sessions/week)

• Teachers teach to “test-prep”

Some Issues (contd.)

• Assessments give macro results

- Not concept wise micro analysis

• Assessments post humus

• Personalisation not viable

• Longitudinal data not available

• Remedial often happens too late

The ProjectThrough

IBM Global Faculty Award

What we did :

• Divided all content (Class 3 to Class 12 – Maths, English, Science) into

concepts based on NCERT books

• Developed digital content for each concept and multiple choice questions

for three levels for each concept (e.g. class 5 maths has 27 concepts)

• Piloted the class 5 maths question paper in 6 schools (~ 600 students)

• Provided results to the teacher/school administration within 24hrs

What we did (contd.)• Analysed results – student wise, section wise,

concept wise

• Planned remedials (different approach in different

schools)

• Remedials to be conducted by school teachers, by IIT

faculty, by parents/tutor

Sample Size & Characteristics

School 1

• Sec A, Sec B, Sec C

• 138 students• Class 6• Mathematics

School 2

• Sec A, Sec B, Sec C, Sec D

• 160 students• Class 6• Mathematics

School 3

• Sec A, Sec B, Sec C, Sec D, Sec E, Sec F

• 120 students (top performers of Grade 5)

• Class 6• Mathematics

Instruction medium in schools is EnglishLocated in cities (urban)Fee range Rs.1000-4000/- per monthSecond Generation or Third Generation Educated FamiliesSec B1, B2, C1 familiesAffiliated to CBSE/ICSE boards

Total population of such schools will be ~ 15000

Assumptions

• Competence level of students in all sections in the three schools is same

• Topics covered in the three schools in Grade 6 is same• The 3 schools have similar infrastructure, size & location• The 3 schools are catering to students with a similar

socio economic background

Average Performance in 3 Schools

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4Red Roses 38 44 55 46Kalka Public 36 38 57 38Navy School 36 44 57 44

Scores out of 100

Average Score = sum of scores of all students/total number of students who appeared for the test

The next steps

• Will conduct IT based assessments every 4-6 weeks and provide data to

the school

• Design and implement remedials

• Study relationship of student performance with

- parents education and occupation/ home environment/ school

location/ school factors/ peer group

The next steps (contd.)

• Analyse data to understand whether some concepts are difficult across

schools

• See the inter-relatedness of concepts across subjects

• Understand as to how best can the teachers/ administrators use

assessment data

• Understand the effectiveness of IT based digital learning

Thank You

- Dr. Harish Chaudhry- Shruti Bathia