KREIS_N2_10_School Based Assessment

Module 10

School Based Assessment

1. School Based Assessment is primarily based on the principle of :

• Teachers in the school know their learner's capabilities better tuhan external examiners .
• Encourage teaching according to the test as they involve frequent testing .
• At all costs students must get high grades .
• Schools are more efficient than external bodies of examination .

2. Inclusion of the technology in the teaching learning and assessment process helps students

• to learn from an online platform .
• multiple pathways to learn from multidimensional and to assess work at any time .
• to restrict going to school regularly and allow learning in a home atmosphere from home .
• to access any video with technology and allow access them

3. Performance based assessment can be best achieved through :

• viva - voce
• rubrics
• portfolio
• paper - pencil test

4. Which one of the statements best defines the process of assessment ?

•  Systematically gathering information about the academic changes in children 
• Evaluation of the changes happened in children from childhood to adolescent age .
• Examine the student over the course of their learning .
• Conducting test examination of the student at the end of the academic session .

5. The primary aim of laboratory learning for students is to develop :

• Writing competence
• Vocational competence
• Communication competence
• Practical competence 

6. Which one of the following statements regarding rubric is correct ?

• This can be only developed by teachers 
• It is only used to assess essay type questions .
• Teachers and students must jointly construct the rubrics .
• Self - assessment can be carried out by only using rubrics .

7. Which one of the following rubrics will be used wherein we provide feedback on proficiency rather than assigning grades to different parameters ?

• Analytical
• Holistic
• Single frame only
• Both holistic and analytical 

8. Which one of the following activities is NOT associated with portfolio assessment ?

• Teacher organising a briefing and debriefing session .
• On completion , students make a portfolio presentation .
• Content and assessment criteria decided by the students and teachers .
• Portfolio is to be submitted to the Board of Assessment for grading .

9. What is the main advantage of essay - type questions ?

• Can diagnose the learning difficulties of students
• They can measure complex learning outcomes that cannot be measured with other types of questions .
• Easy to score
• The student can guess the answer 

10. Which of the statements is NOT correct in the context of Transversal Competencies ?

• Modernisation and globalisation has also contributed to a renewed focus on Transversal Competencies .
• Teaching Transversal Competencies at the secondary stage yields maximum results .
• Leaning of Transversal Competencies is important for the holistic progress and learning of the child .
• Transversal Competencies are needed in multiple areas of life .

11. Which one of the following is an incorrect description of School Based Assessment ?

• It covers non - scholastic aspects .
• It covers only co - scholastic aspects .
• It covers scholastic aspects .
• It covers all aspects .

12. Assessment in education does NOT include 

• Gathering information .
• Using information .
• Developing learning outcomes .
• Interpreting information .

13. Statement I : Using case - studies method , teachers aim to develop student reasoning , problem - solving and decision making skills .

• Statement I is true , but Statement II is false .
• Statement I is true , but Statement II is true .
• Both Statement I and Statement II are true , and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.
• Both Statement I and Statement II are true , but Statement II is not the correct explanation of the Statement I.

13. Learning outcomes concerned with the abilities to conceptualise , construct , organise , integrate , relate , and evaluate ideas can be measured using

• Quiz
• Rubrics
• Multiple Choice Questions ( MCQs )
• Oral test

14. Which of the following is NOT a common approach of incorporating Transversal Competencies in the school curriculum ?

• Designing and teaching Transversal Competencies as a specialised subject
• Integrating Transversal Competencies within specific subjects
• Integrating Transversal Competencies across subjects
• Integrating Transversal Competencies into extracurricular activities

15. Which one of the following is an important feature of self assessment ?

• Students have understanding about their own learning .
• Individuals give themselves marks and grades .
• It is about supplanting the role of teachers .
• Students get adequate opportunities to assess their peer's work .

16. Learning outcomes prescribe :

•  Learning of the outcomes of the teaching over the year .
• What students are expected to demonstrate they have learned .
• What students have learned in the classroom .
• Outcome of the session - end examination after the learning .

17. In the continuum of assessment , which one of the following is more inclined towards students leading the assessment ?

• Standardised testing
• Self - assessment
• Teacher observation
• Portfolio assessment

18. According to the recommendation of the National Education Policy 2020 , the pattern of the Board examination will shift to :

• Content - oriented Questions .
• Essay Type Questions only .
• Competency - based Questions .
• Multiple - Choice Questions .

19. Which one of the following is an important feature of Performance Based Assessment ?

• This only provides clues about process and not about product .
• This is used for students ' demonstration of their knowledge , skills , and strategies .
• This can be effectively assessed through a paper pencil test .
• This can be implemented only in the higher grades .

20. Which one is the most convenient method of online assessment at the secondary stage ?

• Field visits
• MCQ
• By conducting practicals .
• Group Projects

21. Which one of the following statements regarding rubric is correct ?

• It is only used to assess essay type questions .
• Self - assessment can be carried out by only using rubrics .
• This can be only developed by teachers 
• Teachers and students must jointly construct the rubrics .

22. Whom are students assessing when they are engaged in peer - assessment ?

• The principal
• The teacher
• Themselves
• Another student

23. Learning outcomes prescribe :

• Learning of the outcomes of the teaching over the year .
• Outcome of the session - end examination after the learning .
• What students are expected to demonstrate they have learned .
• What students have learned in the classroom .

24. Assessment in education does NOT include :

• Developing learning outcomes . Interpreting information .
• Using information .
• Gathering information .

25. Which of the statements is NOT correct in the context of Transversal Competencies ?

• Leaning of Transversal Competencies is important for the holistic progress and learning of the child .
• Transversal Competencies are needed in multiple areas of life .
• Teaching Transversal Competencies at the secondary stage yields maximum results .
• Modernisation and globalisation has also contributed to a renewed focus on Transversal Competencies 

26. Statement I : Observation is an important technique and observation schedule is an important tool for assessing students .

• Statement I is true , but Statement II is false .
• Both Statement I and Statement II are true , and Statement II is the correct explanation of the Statement I
• Both Statement I and Statement II are true , but Statement II is not the correct explanation of the Statement I
• Statement I is true , but Statement II is true .

27. Which of the following is NOT a common approach of incorporating Transversal Competencies in the school curriculum ?

• Integrating Transversal Competencies across subjects
• Designing and teaching Transversal Competencies as a specialised subject
• Integrating Transversal Competencies into extracurricular activities
• Integrating Transversal Competencies within specific subjects

28. In assessment for learning , self - assessment and peer assessment are important because this will lead to :

• Help students in active engagement .
• Help students to increase their ability to score high marks .
• Increased amount of feedback
• Augment learning with self - feedback .

29. Which type of question is difficult to mark with reliability ?

• Structured essays
• Short answer
• Unstructured essays
• Multiple - choice questions

30. The following are the abilities placed under the category of complex achievement except :

• Recalling and Understanding
• Problem Solving
• Creative Thinking
• Critical Thinking

31. The very purpose of introducing School Based Assessment is to :

• Encourage schools to excel by competing with other schools in the area .
• Motivate teachers to religiously record all the observations of students for better interpretation of their progress .
• Decentralize power of Board of Assessment ( BoAs ) in the country 
• Ensure 360 - degree multidimensional development of all the children .

32. What should an assessment be based on to be holistic and free from biases ?

• External examination
• Only performance and skills
• Multiple evidences
• Experiential learning

33. In the continuum of assessment , which one of the following is more inclined towards students leading the assessment ?

• Portfolio assessment
• Standardised testing
• Self - assessment
• Teacher observation

34. While shifting focus of continuum of assessment from teacher led assessment to student led assessment , there is need to :

• more importance to teacher designed tasks and activities .
• more focus on reading , writing and numeracy .
• more focus on assessment of learning .
• shift from large scale standardized testing to school - based assessment .

34. Performance based assessment can be best achieved through :

• paper - pencil test
• portfolio
• viva - voce
• rubrics

35. Which one of the following is NOT a tool for self - assessment ?

• Reflective sheet
• Checklist provided by teachers
• Class Test
• Assignment with rubric sheet

36. What is a standard of performance for a defined domain termed as ?

• rubrics
• portfolio
• blueprint
• achievement

37. At the secondary stage , you may like to adopt case study as assessment strategy because :

• Students are grown up and now they can reflect on issues .
• The technique is very simple to practice and is less time consuming 
• Gives a lot of emphasis on theoretical inputs than on practical aspects .
• It engages students in research and reflective discussion .

38. Which one of the following activities is NOT associated with portfolio assessment ?

• On completion , students make a portfolio presentation .
• Content and assessment criteria decided by the students and teachers .
• Teacher organising a briefing and debriefing session .
• Portfolio is to be submitted to the Board of Assessment for grading .

39. Transversal Competencies relate to a certain set of :

• knowledge , skills and attitudes
• knowledge domains
• media and information literacy skills
• skills and moral values 

40. Given below are four statements about the Salient features of School Based Assessment ( SBA ) .

• i and iv
• ii and iv
• iii and iv
• i and ii 

41. Which one is NOT a parameter of Rubric ?

• Multiple choice questions
• Assignment Description
• Scale - level
• Dimensions

42. There is need to develop Core Transversal Competencies for Development at the Secondary Stage in the domain areas of :

• only Science and Mathematics
• only Mathematics
• all curricular areas
• only Science 

43. Which one of the following is a form of student self assessment ?

• Evaluating each other's work
• Getting involved in group project 
• A conference with the teacher
• A set of questions about their progress that students answer . 

44. What is a kind of assessment task where students reflect on their own performance ?

• Peer assessment
• A quiz
• Self - assessment
• Unit Test 

45. Which statement is NOT correct about Performance based assessment that it taps into students ' higher order thinking skills ?

• evaluating the reliability of sources of information
• using deductive / inductive reasoning to solve a problem
• synthesising information to draw conclusions
• reproducing knowledge - based information

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