Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle

This report presents a detailed description of development of assessment tools for the evaluation of students' learning achievement on the basis of 53 terminal competencies specified by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) of the Government of Bangladesh. This is the first attem...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Nath, Samir Ranjan, Ghosh, Sanat Kumar, Akter, Shaheen
التنسيق: Research report
اللغة:English
منشور في: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2020
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13429
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spelling 10361-134292020-01-08T21:01:11Z Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle Nath, Samir Ranjan Ghosh, Sanat Kumar Akter, Shaheen Primary education Learning achievement BRAC Assessment tools Education, Primary. This report presents a detailed description of development of assessment tools for the evaluation of students' learning achievement on the basis of 53 terminal competencies specified by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) of the Government of Bangladesh. This is the first attempt in the country to cover all the terminal competencies in assessment process. A team of school-teachers, teacher educators, curriculum experts, education psychologists, test development experts participated in the process. The competencies were divided into two broad categories viz., cognitive and non-cognitive. Two separate tools were developed for assessing the two types of competencies on the basis of pilot studies in both rural and urban areas. For the cognitive competencies a paper and pencil based test instrument containing 66 items was developed. For the assessment of non-cognitive competencies a tool was developed to have teachers' appraisal of students qualifications. It is expected that valid and reliable estimates of students' performance could be obtained through these tools. 2020-01-08T05:56:23Z 2020-01-08T05:56:23Z 2000-08 Research report Nath, S. R., Ghosh, S. K., & Akter, S. (2000, August). Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle. Research Reports (2000): Social Studies, Vol – XXV, 295–325. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13429 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution Brac University
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language English
topic Primary education
Learning achievement
BRAC
Assessment tools
Education, Primary.
spellingShingle Primary education
Learning achievement
BRAC
Assessment tools
Education, Primary.
Nath, Samir Ranjan
Ghosh, Sanat Kumar
Akter, Shaheen
Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle
description This report presents a detailed description of development of assessment tools for the evaluation of students' learning achievement on the basis of 53 terminal competencies specified by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) of the Government of Bangladesh. This is the first attempt in the country to cover all the terminal competencies in assessment process. A team of school-teachers, teacher educators, curriculum experts, education psychologists, test development experts participated in the process. The competencies were divided into two broad categories viz., cognitive and non-cognitive. Two separate tools were developed for assessing the two types of competencies on the basis of pilot studies in both rural and urban areas. For the cognitive competencies a paper and pencil based test instrument containing 66 items was developed. For the assessment of non-cognitive competencies a tool was developed to have teachers' appraisal of students qualifications. It is expected that valid and reliable estimates of students' performance could be obtained through these tools.
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Ghosh, Sanat Kumar
Akter, Shaheen
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title Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle
title_short Development of instruments to assess the achievement of national competencies at the end of primary education cycle
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