Session - 2
Examination Reforms
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 – 28
Note: Student should pass in both
separately.
Nature of Questioning
• 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 (Contd..)
• Question given at the end of
each unit must not be given in
the public exams as such.
• Questions must reflect the
academic standards.
Types of Assessment
1. Formative Assessment
2. Summative 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
Formative Assessment-Tools
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.
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.
Evidences for FA:
• Teacher’s unit cum period plan that
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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.
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 assessmentCumulative 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.
Summative Assessment
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 –
Guidelines
Written Test (80 marks)
Section-A: Reading Comprehension
Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar
Section-C: Creative Writing-Discourse
Section – A
Reading Comprehension (30 marks)
Q. Text Type Marks Multiple
No.
Allotted 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 – B
Vocabulary and Grammar (20 marks)
Q.
Text Type
No
5 A passage from
the textbook
Marks Nature of the Questions
Allotted
5
Editing the numbered
sentences
6 A passage from
the textbook
5
7 Unseen Passage
5
8 Unseen passage
5
Cloze Test – Filling the
blanks from the given
options
Editing the numbered
sentences
Cloze Test – Filling the
blanks from the given
options
Section – C
Creative Writing – Discourses
Discourse – inputs
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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:
Biography
Inputs given in
the textbook at
page no. 13
Discourse – Letter
Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 63
Discourse – Report
(Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 64)
Summative Assessment - Grading
Grade
Marks in Languages
Grade points
(100 M)
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