Examination Reforms

Session - 2

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 – 28Note: Student should pass in bothseparately.

• Questions should be open ending,descriptive, thought provokingand analytical in nature.

• Questions once appeared in thepublic exam should not berepeated in the later public examsin the same form.

Nature of Questioning

• Question given at the end ofeach unit must not be given inthe public exams as such.

• Questions must reflect theacademic standards.

Nature of Questioning (Contd..)

1. Formative Assessment

2. Summative Assessment

Types of 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

Reflections:

• Learners’ own reflections (oral andwritten) on reading material other thantextbook such as stories, news etc.

• Oral discourses produced individually inthe classroom.

• Oral responses to the interaction doneduring the transactional process.

Formative Assessment-Tools

Written works:

• Textual exercises

• Written discourses producedindividually in the classroom.

• Analytical questions given ashome task

Project works:

The oral and written performanceof 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 ofdata and analysis-2, report writing-2)

• 4 marks for oral responses during theprocess and presentation of thereport.

• Consider the indicators (written andoral) and award marks accordingly.

Slip Test:• It contains one discourse, one

reading comprehension and oneexercise on Vocabulary & Grammar.

• This should be conducted withoutprior notice.

• It should be done in a single periodand based on syllabus coveredduring the formative period.

• Teacher’s unit cum period plan thatreflects children’s performance.

• Student portfolio.

• Notebooks of children.

• Textual exercises carried out bychildren.

• Products evolved in groups throughcollaboration.

• Scripts of Slip Test.

Evidences for FA:

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 assessment-Cumulative Register

Note 1: R-Reflections; W-Written works; P-Project work; S-Sliptest, 2: To condense each item into 5 marks, divide the totalmarks under each area by 8 for 10 marks and by 16 for 20marks.

There will be 3 Summative Testsin an academic year. The thirdsummative exam is the publicexamination to be conducted by theSSC board. Each test is for 100 marks.Out of these, 20 marks are allotted tointernal assessment and 80 marks forwritten test.

Summative Assessment

Internal Assessment (20 marks):

• The average of marks obtained informative test(s) conducted earlier tothe summative exam is to beconsidered for SA 1 and 2.

• For SA-3, the average of all four FAsshould be considered for final results.

Summative Assessment

Summative Assessment –Guidelines

Written Test Two Papers (40 Marks each)

Section-A: Reading Comprehension -15 marks

Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar- 10 Marks

Section-C: Creative Writing-Discourses -15 Marks

Paper I 13 E40 Marks

Section-A: Reading Comprehension -15 marks

Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar- 10 Marks

Section-C: Creative Writing-Discourse -15 Marks

Section – AReading Comprehension (15 Marks)

Q.No.

Text Type Marks Allotted

Multiple Choice

Very Short Answers

1-7 Passage from the textbook-A Reading

10 4 x 1 = 4 3Q x 2M = 6M

8-12

Passage fromthe textbook-B and C Reading

5 3 x 1 = 3 2Q x 1M = 2M

Section – BVocabulary and Grammar (10 Marks)

Q.No

Text Type Marks Allotted

Nature of the Questions

13-17

Textbook based Passage (A,B and C Reading)

5 Editing the numbered sentences

18-22

Textbook based Passage (A,B and C Reading)

5 Cloze Test – Filling the blanks from the given options

Section – CCreative Writing – Discourses: 15 Marks

S.No

Nature of the Discourse

Details of theDiscourses

Marksallotted

Choice

23 Major Group -A

Story/Narrative, Conversation, Description, Drama/Play script, Interview and Choreography

10 Internal Choice

24 Minor Group -A

Message, Notice and diary

5 No choice

Paper II 14 E40 Marks

Section-A: Reading Comprehension -15 marks

Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar- 10 Marks

Section-C: Creative Writing-Discourses -15 Marks

Section – AReading Comprehension (15 Marks)

Q.No

.

Text Type Marks Allotted

Multiple Choice

Very Short Answers

1-7

Passage from the Text independent

10 4 x 1 = 4 3Q x 2M = 6M

8-12

Passage fromthe text independent-poem

5 3 x 1 = 3 2Q x 1M = 2M

Section – BVocabulary and Grammar (10 Marks)

Q.No

Text Type Marks Allotted

Nature of the Questions

13-17

Text independent

5 Answer as per the directions

18-22

Textindependent

5 Cloze Test – Filling the blanks from the given options

Section – CCreative Writing – Discourses: 15 Marks

Sl.No

Nature of the Discourse

Details of theDiscourses

Marksallotted

Choice

23 Major Group -B

Biography, Essay, Report/ News Report, Letter and Speech (script)

10 Internal Choice

24 Minor Group -B

Poster, Invitation and Profile

5 No choice

For giving a question on discourse acontext should be given as follows:

• verbal input: narrative/ hints.

• visual input: picture/ photo

• graphical input: charts & diagrams.

• numerical input: data in a tabularform.

Discourse – Inputs

Inputs given in the textbook at

page no. 13

Discourse: Biography

Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 63

Discourse – Letter

Discourse – Report(Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 64)

Grade Marks in Languages

(100 M)

Grade points

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

D 35 to 40 marks 4

E 0 to 34 marks 3

Summative Assessment - Grading