The Hindu

The Hindu Explains | What methods can Boards employ for evaluation after cancellation of exams?

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 ...
Phys.org

Universities should learn from assessment methods used during the pandemic—and cut down on exams for good

Timed written examinations continue to dominate university assessment. In most professions, the need to recall and write down specific information from memory under timed conditions is rare. Yet every ...
Times of Malta

Formative assessment: involving pupils in their own learning

The pupils could obviously discriminate between the two different approaches, and they surprised the teacher by complaining: "Look, we've told you we don't understand this. Why are you going on to the ...
Times of Malta

Assessment must be formative

Malta’s assessment reforms will only succeed when assessment is used to support learning rather than continually measure it The recent debate on Malta’s school-based assessment (SBA) system has ...