ANECDOTAL RECORD

Means of Assessment
 Basic ideas
• Anecdotal records offer opportunities to document students' growth over time.
• On-the-spot recording provides an inexpensive, non-threatening, assessable
method of gathering a range of information about not only academic
development, but also social and emotional development.
• Regular anecdotal recordings offer glimpses of progress and patterns of
behavior not necessarily captured by other means of assessment. For
example, in the inclusive classroom, students willingness to ask for help can
be captured on daily anecdotal records.
• Similarly, through the use of anecdotal recordings, attention can be given to
such student attributes as paying attention, time on task, effort, and
organizational skills.
• This information, recorded over time, can reveal areas of instruction needing
attention.
 Features of a Good Anecdotal
Record
• It provides an accurate description of
events
• The event it describes is one of that
relates to the child’s personal
development or social interactions
• It should be an accurate factual report with
enough detail
• It is a meaningful evidence of behavior
 Maintenance of Anecdotal Record
• It must be organized ,summarised&interpreted
• Relate the anecdote materials to the child’s
health, intellectual ability, academic
achievement,surroundings&family pattern
• Recording should be kept as simple as
possible
• Recording should be viewed periodically
 Significant Guidelines
• Description of the incident by the teacher should
be objective
• Teacher should not write personal comments
• If a teacher is to write his comments ,he should
be very objective
• Description of the event and teacher’s
comments should be reported separately
 Significant Guidelines
• Record the event as soon as it occurred
• Simplicity and accuracy
• Conclusion should not be based on single
event
• A series of recordings are necessary for
reliable and valid conclusion
 Cumulative Anecdotal Record
• Date: Sl no. DescriName Com
Time ption of the ments
of obser ,if any
• Name of the pupil:
event ver
 Summarizing the main points
• The formal record of a teacher’s
observation of pupil’s behavior is
anecdotal record
• Accurate description of event,sufficient
setting, interpretation of the event, relation
with personal development and
representative typical behavior