Continuous and Comprehensive Assessment

Assessment: The process of gathering and interpreting evidence or changes in the behavior of all the students as they progress through school is called assessment. It can be oral, written or group assessment etc.

Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation: Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) was a procedure of assessment, directed by the Right to Education Act, of India in 2009. This proposal to assessment was introduced by state governments in India, as well as by the Central Board of Secondary Education in India, for students of sixth to tenth class and twelfth in some schools. It helps in improving student’s performance by identifying their learning difficulties at regular time intervals right from the beginning of the academic session and applying suitable remedial measures for enhancing their learning performance.

It is used for school-based evaluation of pupils in which their assessment is done on a continuous basis. It covers both scholastic and non-scholastic area such as art, music, dance, drama, cultural activities etc. As a part of this system, students’ marks were replaced by grades which were evaluated through a series of curricular and extra-curricular evaluations along with academics. The aim was to decrease the workload on the student by means of continuous evaluation by taking number of small tests throughout the year in place of single test at the end of the academic program. Only grades were awarded to students based on work experience skills, dexterity, innovation, steadiness, teamwork, public speaking, behavior, etc. to evaluate and present an overall measure of the student’s ability. This helps the students who are not good in academics to show their talent in other fields such as arts, humanities, sports, music, athletics, and also helps to motivate the students who have a thirst of knowledge.

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Types of Assessment/ Evaluation:

  1. Formative Assessment: It is an assessment conducted during the process of teaching. It is through observation of students’ responses, engagement, notebook assignment and other written works. It is conducted by the teachers during instructions. The teachers observe and records the children’s progress as well as learning gaps.
  2. Summative Assessments: It is conducted at the end of the academic year after the completion of the entire curriculum. It assesses the final product. It evaluates the objectives and achievements of education. In summative assessment, the learning outcomes of the pupils throughout the year are judged. 

Assessing the four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing 

Listening Skill: It is the receptive skill of the oral mode which occurs when someone is speaking. It is there to hear and understand. It is an active process because it demands active involvement of the listeners for reconstructing the message.

There are mainly two types of listening. They are:

  1. Interactive Listening or Focused Listening: It occurs when we listen carefully with a particular purpose to find or get some information. It includes telephonic calls, face to face interaction etc.
  2. Non-Interactive Listening or Casual Listening: It occurs when we listen with no particular information in mind and often without much concentration. It includes listening to television, radio, films etc.

Development of Listening Skills-

  1. A teacher should maintain eye contact with the students.
  2. They should ask the students whether they are paying attention or not.
  3. Teachers should not interrupt the students and let them finish first.
  4. Should maintain a good body language while teaching
  5. Should use modern technology while teaching to make the students more attentive.

Speaking Skill: It is a productive skill in the oral mode. Development of speaking skills plays an important part in the teaching of English. The ability to understand spoken English is needed in ordinary conversation, exchange of greetings etc. the basic components of speaking include sound, syllable, word stress, sentence stress etc.

There are mainly three types of Speaking Skills. Those are:

  1. Interactive: Here we have a chance for clarification, repetition, slower speech from the speaker. It includes face to face conversation and telephonic calls.
  2. Partially Interactive: it is one of the speaking activities that is predominantly done by some people or just one person in the interaction. For example, giving a presentation or giving a speech to a live audience.
  3. Non-Interactive: It can be defined as recorded speech such as when recording a speech for radio broadcast.

Development of Speaking Skills-

  1. Story telling
  2. Question-Answers
  3. Encourage conversation
  4. By performing actions

Reading Skills: It is the receptive skills in the written form. It is the best way to learn and acquire a new language.

There are mainly 6 types of reading which are-

  1. Loud Reading: Here the readers read something by producing loud voice.
  2. Silent Reading: Here the readers read something by heart.
  3. Skimming: It is the act of gathering through text for gathering a basic idea about the text. It is a process of reading a passage and only looking for the main points or important information. For eg- Newspaper, Magazine etc.
  4. Scanning: Reading rapidly through a text to find specific information. Eg- Finding a word in a dictionary.
  5. Intensive Reading: It involves reading shorter text for detailed information with specific understanding. For eg- Requirement reading, Insurance claim reading etc.
  6. Extensive Reading: It involves reading longer text for an overall understanding. It is also used for pleasures. For eg- reading novels, articles etc.

Development of Reading Skill-

  1. A teacher should utilize various reading materials
  2. They should have fun with words
  3. They should relate reading to other areas of the student’s life.

Writing Skills: It is the productive skills in the written mode. It should follow the skills of listening, speaking and reading.

Development of writing skills-

  1. Emphasis on writing
  2. Let students know that good writing is valued
  3. View the improvement of student’s wring as their own responsibility.
  4. Regularly assign brief writing exercises in the class
  5. Provide guidance throughout the writing process