Examination Reforms

Session - 2

Examination Reforms• Single paper for languages.• Summative exam for 80 marks and

Formative Assessment for 20 marks.• Duration: 3 hrs for writing answers and

15 minutes extra time for reading QP• Single Answer Booklet• Pass mark in internals (FA) is – 7 and in

summative exam is – 28Note: Student should pass in both separately.

• Questions should be open ending, descriptive, thought provoking and analytical in nature.• Questions once appeared in the

public exam should not be repeated in the later public exams in the same form.

Nature of Questioning

• Question given at the end of each unit must not be given in the public exams as such. • Questions must reflect the

academic standards.

Nature of Questioning (Contd..)

1. Formative Assessment

2. Summative Assessment

Types of Assessment

S. No.

Items for Formative Assessment

Marks

1 Children’s reflections. 10

2 Children’s written work 10

3 Project works 10

4 Slip test 20

Total 50

Reflections: • Learners’ own reflections (oral and

written) on reading material other than textbook. • Oral discourses produced individually

in the classroom.• Oral responses to the interaction done

during the transactional process.

Formative Assessment-Tools

Written works:• Textual exercises • Written discourses produced

individually in the classroom.• Analytical questions given as

home task

Project works: The oral and written performance

of children during;• Planning and preparation of tools.• Execution/ Collection of data.• Analysis & interpretation of data.• Report writing and presentation.

Project works - Allotment of Marks:• 6 marks for the written work

(preparation of tools 2; collection of data and analysis-2, report writing-2)

• 4 marks for oral responses during the process and presentation of the report.

• Consider the indicators (written and oral) and award marks accordingly.

Slip Test: • It contains one discourse, one

reading comprehension and one exercise on Grammar & Vocabulary.

• This should be conducted without prior notice.

• It should be done in a single period and based on syllabus covered during the formative period.

• Teacher’s unit cum period plan that reflects children’s performance.• Student portfolio.• Notebooks of children.• Textual exercises carried out by

children.• Products evolved in groups through

collaboration.• Scripts of Slip Test.

Evidences for FA:

S. No.

Items for Formative Assessment

Marks

1 Children’s reflections. 5

2 Children’s written work 5

3 Project work 5

4 Slip test 5

Total 20

Formative assessment-Cumulative Register

Note 1: R-Reflections; W-Written works; P-Project work; S-Slip test, 2: To condense each item into 5 marks, divide the total marks under each area by 8 for 10 marks and by 16 for 20 marks.

There will be 3 Summative Tests in an academic year. The third summative exam is the public examination to be conducted by the SSC board. Each test is for 100 marks. Out of these, 20 marks are allotted to internal assessment and 80 marks for written test.

Summative Assessment

Internal Assessment (20 marks):• The average of marks obtained in

formative test(s) conducted earlier to the summative exam is to be considered for SA 1 and 2.

• For SA-3, the average of all four FAs should be considered for final results.

Summative Assessment

Summative Assessment – Guidelines

Written Test (80 marks)

Section-A: Reading Comprehension

Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar

Section-C: Creative Writing-Discourse

Section – AReading Comprehension (30 marks)

Q.No.

Text Type Marks Allotted

Multiple Choice

Very Short Answers

1 From the textbook

10 4 x 1 = 4 3Q x 2M = 6M

2 From the textbook

5 3 x 1 = 3 2Q x 1M = 2M

3 Unseen 10 4 x 1 = 4 3Q x 2M = 6M

4 Unseen 5 3 x 1 = 3 2Q x 1M = 2M

Section – BVocabulary and Grammar (20 marks)

Q.No

Text Type Marks Allotted

Nature of the Questions

5 A passage from the textbook

5 Editing the numbered sentences

6 A passage from the textbook

5 Cloze Test – Filling the blanks from the given options

7 Unseen Passage 5 Editing the numbered sentences

8 Unseen passage 5 Cloze Test – Filling the blanks from the given options

Section – CCreative Writing – Discourses

For giving a question on discourse a context should be given as follows:

• verbal input: narrative/ hints.• visual input: picture/ photo• graphical input: charts & diagrams.• numerical input: data in a tabular

form.

Discourse – inputs

Inputs given in the textbook at

page no. 13

Discourse: Biography

Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 63Discourse – Letter

Discourse – Report(Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 64)

Grade Marks in Languages

(100 M)

Grade

points

A1 91 to 100 marks 10

A2 81 to 90 marks 9

B1 71 to 80 marks 8

B2 61 to 70 marks 7

C1 51 to 60 marks 6

C2 41 to 50 marks 5

D1 35 to 40 marks 4

D2 0 to 34 marks 3

Summative Assessment - Grading