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Large Scale Assessment

Large-scale learning assessments provide important data to evaluate education systems, inform policymaking, and identify areas for improvement. They gauge student learning outcomes across districts, schools, and classrooms. The data helps policymakers understand learning levels, strengths and weaknesses in student knowledge, and factors influencing achievement. It also ensures compliance with educational standards. Proper assessment design is important, clarifying objectives, participants, timing, content, and use of findings. Large-scale assessments benefit education systems by setting agendas, formulating and implementing policies, and monitoring and evaluating programs.

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Large Scale Assessment

Large-scale learning assessments provide important data to evaluate education systems, inform policymaking, and identify areas for improvement. They gauge student learning outcomes across districts, schools, and classrooms. The data helps policymakers understand learning levels, strengths and weaknesses in student knowledge, and factors influencing achievement. It also ensures compliance with educational standards. Proper assessment design is important, clarifying objectives, participants, timing, content, and use of findings. Large-scale assessments benefit education systems by setting agendas, formulating and implementing policies, and monitoring and evaluating programs.

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LARGE SCALE LEARNING

ASSESSMENT
Dr Ritu Tripathi Chakravarty
Teacher Educator , Amity University Uttar Pradesh Lucknow
To be able to define Large Scale
Learning Assessment
To be able to understand Large- Scale
Learning Assessment
Objectives
To be able to evaluate the need of
of the Large-Scale Learning Assessment
session To be able to value the need of Large-
Scale Learning Assessment
To be able to design a plan of Large-
Scale Learning Assessment
What Is Internationally, large-scale assessments
have seen significant success as levers to

Large Scale
manage policy evaluation and
accountability, especially planning
resources, goal setting and allocation of
Learning funds

Assessment Large-scale learner assessments are a


mechanism for states to gauge how well
learning is happening in their districts,
blocks, schools and classrooms.
With the understanding of Large-Scale
Learning Assessment , the following need is
derived

• “improve learning outcomes that are measured, monitored and


reported independently at all levels of school education”
Purpose of Large-Scale
Learning Assessment
• A state must begin the large-scale
assessment design process with a clear
purpose in mind.
• Assessments may be designed to evaluate
the system, to hold it accountable or to
define strategies for student improvement.
• This purpose needs to be determined clearly
by a steering committee that includes key
stakeholders such as the Department of
Education (DoE), the State Council for
Educational Research and Training (SCERT)
and the District Institutes of Education and
Training (DIET)
Kellaghan and • Level of learning in the education system (with reference to
general expectations, aims of the curriculum, preparation for
further learning or preparation for life).

Greaney (2001b, • Strengths and weaknesses in students’ knowledge and skills.


• If sub-groups in the population perform poorly and if
2004) describe disparities exist, for example, between the achievements of:
• - Boys and girls
that large-scale • - Students in urban and rural locations

student
• - Students from different language or ethnic groups
• -Students in different regions of the state

assessments • Factors that are associated with student achievement and to


what extent achievement varies with characteristics of the
learning environment such as school resources, teacher
would help states preparation and competence and type of school or with
students’ home and community circumstances

understand: • Compliance with government standards in the provision of


resources e.g. textbooks and teacher qualifications.
Broadly, Evaluation
there are
three
primary Accountability

objectives of
a large-scale Improvement
assessment
Assessment
Design
• Why do we need to conduct this
assessment?
• Who will take this assessment?
• When will the assessment take place?
• What will be assessed?
• How will the assessment findings be
used?
Monitoring and evaluation
How Policy
makers used Agenda Setting

Educational
Policy Formulation
Assessment
Data ? Policy Implementation
Assessment Framework
BENEFITS OF
LARGE SCALE
ASSESSMENT
Reports by
National • https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/fil
Achievement es/upload_document/State-Report-Card-21st-
march.pdf

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