Practices of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation at Elementary School Level

Abstract

CCE scheme has already been implemented in schools in Odisha. However, whether the real aim of CCE is achieved or not needs to be studied. In this context, it is essential to appraise the present practice of continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE) at elementary school level in Odisha. Continuous evaluation is studied in terms of regularity in assessment of the progress and comprehensiveness will be studied by evaluation of curricular areas, other curricular areas and personal-social qualities of the children. To substantiate the study, as children, parents and teachers are major stakeholders of elementary education, it examined the level of awareness of teachers and parents about CCE. The study also investigated the perception of different stakeholders such as, students, teachers and parents. The Convergent Parallel Design (Creswell, 2014) is adopted in the present study where both qualitative and quantitative methods is used for data analysis. Target population is all the elementary schools of two districts of Odisha: Cuttack and Mayurbhanj. Cluster sampling method was adopted for the present study. One block from each district was selected as cluster. Twenty elementary schools were selected from each block district. A total of 120 teachers and 120 parents were selected through stratified random sampling method for the present study. In each school, one FGD with students were conducted. A total of forty FGDs were conducted with students. Each focussed group consisted of 6 to 8 students. newline newlineMost of the schools use techniques like, written test, oral test, project method, performance test to conduct formative assessment. In most of the schools, teachers identify learning difficulties of students from answer scripts and provide remedial teaching. When all the schools assess cleanliness, regularity and punctuality, and cooperation; use observation as a tool for assessing PSQs, these qualities are highly assessed. Methods like, Portfolio, Rubrics, Rating scale, Anecdotal Records and Checklist are used in few scho