FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR CO-SCHOLASTIC AREAS

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FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR CO-SCHOLASTIC AREAS

• ART
• CRAFT
• MUSIC
• GAMES
• COMPUTER EDUCATION

KVS ZIET MYSORE TRAINING FOR CCE
MENTORS NOV-DEC.2012
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INTRODUCTION

• The co-scholastic domains of Computer
  Education, Music, Art, Work Experience and Games
  at the Primary Level are fields to nurture and
  promote
• talent,
• creativity,
• a mind set for team spirit,
• healthy competition and innovation.
• These promote education of the whole person

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The Package contains

• Parameters for Assessment
• Blueprint for Assessment under each co-scholastic
  area
• Formats for Assessment- Continuous and Cumulative

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WHAT SHOULD BE ASSESSED ?

• Identifying qualities- Ex personality traits,
  talent in music, dance, physical abilities,
  creative art
• Specifying behaviors/indicators of the concerned
  area/skill- Ex- student works, participation in
  school activities, interest, initiative
• Collection of evidence in respect of
  behaviour/indicators through observation and
  other techniques.
• Recording of the evidences.
• Analysis of the recorded evidences.
• Evaluating or awarding grades.

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HOW SHOULD IT ASSESSED?

• Observation
• checklist
• Awarding grades using the descriptive indicators
• Recording the grades in the formats given

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HOW OFTEN SHOULD THE ASSESSMENT BE CARRIED OUT?
(PERIODICITY)

• Once a month on a continuous basis. Teacher's
  observe and record in the Teacher formats.
• Two to four students are assessed everyday thus
  covering the entire class over a period of one
  month.
• Grades are given twice in September for SA1
  and March SA2
• Teachers are expected to submit monthly
  Assessment record to the HM/Sr.PRT/PPL as the
  case maybe.

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WHO SHOULD DO THE ASSESSMENT?

• It is always desirable that while assigning
  grades in co-scholastic activities a team of two
  teachers including the class teacher should get
  together. ( CCE MANUAL CBSE)
• The class teacher spends a lot of time with the
  children in the primary classes and so is
  required to collate the grades along with the
  teacher taking the classes in co-scholastic
  areas.

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WHAT IS THE SCALE USED FOR ASSESSMENT?

• KVS has outlined Descriptive Indicators for all
  the Scholastic and Co-scholastic areas. Teachers
  concerned should used it to award grades
  judiciously to the students.

Music/ Dance Art/ Craft Games Computer Education Personality Development

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ROLE OF THE TEACHER

• Provide ample opportunities for ALL students and
  encourage active involvement and participation
• Identify, record and promote talent by one to
  one interaction
• Involve students who do not show initiative or
  willingness by customizing, roles , opportunities
  for them.

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BLUEPRINT FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN
CO-SCHOLASTIC AREAS
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FORMAT FOR CONTINUOUS CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT
PRINTED RECORDING FORMAT
ADAPTED RECORDING FORMAT
ILLUSTRATED RECORDING FORMAT An example for Music
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ANECDOTAL RECORDS
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FORMAT FOR COMPUTATION- CCE Software has the
required features for automatic computation of
grades , abstracts and analysis CCE
SOFTWARE to be uploaded on ZIET library
blog blog after the last schedule of Training
for CCE mentors
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Summary

• Co-scholastic areas are important for the
  holistic education of students.
• Co-scholastic grades are used to üpgrade the
  performance of students in higher classes
  according to the CBSE norms
• The tools of assessment of co-scholastic areas
  are classroom observation and checklist of all
  the activities of the student in various areas.
• The Head of Primary and the Exam dept. are
  required make a comprehensive plan of allotting
  classes for assessment of co-scholastic areas
  where it is assigned to 2 or more PRTs

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Summary Contd..

• About 5- 10 students maybe assesses every period
  so as to complete one cycle of classroom
  assessment every month.
• Concerned Teacher to ensure that all students
  are encouraged and involved in the co-scholastic
  areas.
• The format for Teacher recording is the same for
  Music, Art, Craft and Games
• The Teacher record in the formats given has to be
  submitted every month to the HM/Sr.PRT/VP/PPL
  for continuous monitoring of CCE in co-scholastic
  areas.

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Summary Contd..

• Cumulative Grade based on the continuous
  assessment in Teacher Record to be given using
  CCE Software in SA1 and SA2 respectively (twice
  a year)
• Evidences can be recorded in Portfolios for
  co-scholastic areas in the form of Journals,
  photographs, copies of certificates, self
  assessment by the student, notes/remarks by the
  teacher etc.
• Traits of Personality are to be graded based on
  entries in the Anecdotal Record as provided in
  the sample in the Presentation. Therefore the
  Anecdotal Record serves as an evidence for
  grading for Personality traits.

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QUESTIONS??