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The National Education Policy (the NEP 2020) focuses on assessments and board examination reform which is a step in the right direction.

New Education Policy 2020 (NEP-2020): Assessment Reforms

NEP-2020 emphasizes transforming assessment for optimizing the learning and development of all students.

NEP-2020 focuses on – regular, formative and competency-based assessment, promoting learning and development of students and testing higher-order skills.

The goal of NEP-2020 is to transform the culture of assessment.

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NEP 2020 outlines the need for census assessments in key grades in India

  • The recently approved National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has proposed a low-stakes annual school examination in grades 3, 5 and 8 across all schools (government and private) to evaluate children’s progress on core concepts, higher-order skills and their application.

A Competency-Based assessment framework

  • By emphasizing the need to redesign progress cards and board exams, NEP 2020 encourages testing core competencies to reduce academic pressure and the need for coaching classes.

Establishing a national assessment centre

  • The proposal to set up a national assessment centre, the PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development), is key to providing a regular check on the education system.

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Principles of High Quality Assessment System

  • Building consensus among the stakeholders
  • Agreement among the stakeholders on what are the core and essential competencies
  • Generating awareness among the stakeholders
  • Ongoing capacity building on various aspects of assessment

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