The story so far: Faced with a massive surge in COVID-19 cases, the Central government cancelled the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) Class X examination and postponed the Class XII ...

In October I posted an interview with Dr. J Myron Atkin about how educational research is usually trumped by political considerations. I first met Dr. Atkin about eight years ago when I joined the NSF ...

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...

Both parents and students dread examination periods during the scholastic year due to the immense pressure that is placed on the children to do well in their exams. According to the Health Behaviour ...

Guardians who fret over the evaluation system in state-run schools, where their wards are at a loss while taking written examinations in classes IX and X, have reasons to cheer. KOLKATA: Guardians who ...

The government has downplayed the place of national examinations or assessments in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). And while stakeholders have not expressed their anxieties, the worry is real.

VIJAYAWADA: The Education Department has written to the state government seeking postponement of Class 10 examinations, scheduled from June 7, by at least a month in view of the Covid pandemic. The ...

Dr Naomi Winstone has received funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education. [email protected] has received funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Surrey ...

Close on the heels of a shift back to marks from grades for higher secondary examinees, the same is likely to be done for Madhyamik, too. KOLKATA: Close on the heels of a shift back to marks from ...