However, a glaring mismatch persists. While curriculum and pedagogy have shifted toward competencies and real-world application of skills, but assessment remains stuck in the past. Unit tests and ...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued a notification for the Structured Assessment for Analyzing Learning (SAFAL), a competency-based diagnostic assessment in line with the ...

From exam pattern and curriculum updates to new textbooks, assessment reforms and fee revisions, check this article for 15+ ...

The increasing demand for CBSE to transition from traditional score-based assessments to competency-based evaluations is underscored by key findings from the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), ...

Marks flatten human potential. Two students may each score 80 in a Maths exam. Yet one might read a chart like a detective. The other may model a situation with elegant algebra. Conventional testing ...

Two major players in K–12 education launched a joint effort last month to develop new assessments that could help shift schools’ focus away from traditional “seat time” requirements and toward more ...

By Faiza Mirza, COO, WACE IndiaWhen India introduced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, it challenged long-standing assumptions about what learning shoul ...

A shift from traditional to outcome- or competency-based programmatic assessment began before the pandemic and has gained momentum since. Here are some ways to work towards it Assessment is a critical ...

Assessing studentsâ clinical competencies using a competency assessment tool (CAT) is an essential part of nursing education. Assessors need to use CATs effectively to facilitate learning and students ...

In this article, we argue in favor of a promising paradigm for training physicians: competency-based medical education (CBME). 10 CBME takes an outcomes-based approach in training learners to become ...