School Based Assessment

4 component Central assessment School assessment Assessment of physical, sports and cocurricular activities Psychometric assessment

 Academic and non- academic field

Central assessment
Set by the examination syndicate but administered and graded by teacher Scoring rubrics

School assessment
Set, administered, graded and reported by the school

Assessment of
Leaners participation and involvement in sports and co-curricular activities are recorded and reported

Psychometric assessment
Non-academic component, measures pupils innate and acquired abilities.

Reasons of implementation
Enhance the meaningfulness of assessment Reduce the over-reliance on data Empower the school and teachers to conduct quality assessment of pupils Ensures that the performance of pupils is comparable to world standard.

Strengths of SBA
Based on a study (Y1 academic progress in 3 urban primary schools) Encourages personal progress Developed positive attitudes Enhance collaborative skills Promotes creative teaching and learning activities

Weaknesses of SBA
Evaluation is still too subjective Students have less control over their performance as it is predominantly up to teachers to grade them Lack of proper introduction on PBS to parents Streaming system via PBS is still ambiguous

SBA
Based on Ministry POV 1. Teacher get to know their pupils more 2. Know pupils capabilities 3. Examples from developed country Teacher professionalism & Educational Reforms

Difficulties And Challenges Of School Based Assessment

Changing environment thus change the system Marriage of 2 systems - data & info of child development - act before it is too late - carry out more assessment