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 ...

There are countless ways to assess students. Speaking broadly, two key assessment categories are “summative” and “formative”. Summative assessment, often the most popular one, aims to measure how much ...

In October I posted an interview with Dr. J Myron Atkin about how educational research is usually trumped by political considerations. I first met Dr. Atkin about eight years ago when I joined the NSF ...

Both parents and students dread examination periods during the scholastic year due to the immense pressure that is placed on the children to do well in their exams. According to the Health Behaviour ...

VIJAYAWADA: The Education Department has written to the state government seeking postponement of Class 10 examinations, scheduled from June 7, by at least a month in view of the Covid pandemic. The ...

The government has downplayed the place of national examinations or assessments in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). And while stakeholders have not expressed their anxieties, the worry is real.

Dr Naomi Winstone has received funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education. [email protected] has received funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Surrey ...

The Department of Basic Education is open to constructive criticism that will take us forward. Education is a contested terrain that requires extensive research and consultation with all stakeholders ...

Close on the heels of a shift back to marks from grades for higher secondary examinees, the same is likely to be done for Madhyamik, too. KOLKATA: Close on the heels of a shift back to marks from ...