Assessment SOP

Flow of how to conduct dance assessment for students

Things to do before assessment week starts

1. Keep all student’s names and lists ready for the classes that you teach.
2. Inform the students in your regular classes when the assessments will be conducted.
3. Send in a daily diary note to the parents regarding assessments.
4. Go through the assessment parameters well.

When assessment needs to be conducted

1. Assessments are to be conducted from 18th to 23rd July, in your regular theatre
sessions.
2. It can also be conducted in any of the substitution classes. No extra class will be
allotted for these assessments otherwise.
3. It has to be taken within 40 minutes of the class.

How assessment should be conducted

1. As the students enter the class ask them to settle down and make them sit in the
audience area.
2. Instruct them that assessment will be conducted.
3. Keep your assessment parameter sheet ready.
4. According to the strength of the class, you can start assessing the students.
For eg:
a. You can ask the students to perform in groups.
b. You can ask three to four students to perform.
c. You can also ask on estudent to perform at once.

Remember depending on the class strength you need to decide and mark them.

5. Markings should be done in the google sheet provided by the central team
a. There are two ways to mark assessment.
b. Enter the assessment marks in a Google sheet with the name of the students and
parameters on your laptop.
c. The ones not comfortable doing it through phone or laptop can mark manually as well,
take a printout of the assessment sheet and mark with a pencil in the sheet. Ensure that
these markings are updated on the drive.
d. While entering the marks ensure all the marks have been entered in respective
parameters if not the student's end result will be generated as fail.

6. Grade wise parameters

 a. Grade 1
Total marks- 20 marks

Technique (10 marks) Performance (10 marks)

Task: students will be asked to introduce themselves Task: Act out a character and say 5 things about
and do a unique action and unique sound with it themselves as a character

Movements - Any action or sound

IMITATION STYLE AND ENERGY
Voice Body
(5 marks) (5 marks)

- speaks 1 thing about

- if the student performs - if the child is confident = - looks like the character
themself without help (in
with some help = (2 marks) (2 marks) with help= (2 marks)
character) = (2 marks)

-if the student is doing an - speaks 3 things about

- if the student takes time - looks like the character
unique and interesting themself without help (in
to perform = (4 marks) without help= (4 marks)
action or sound = (4 marks) character) = (4 marks)

- if the student performs - if the student is doing a - speaks 5 things about - looks and walks like the
without any help = (5 unique and interesting and themself without help (in character without help= (5
marks) sound= (5 marks) character) = (5 marks) marks)
 b. Grade 2
Total marks- 20 marks

Performance (10 marks)

Technique (10 marks)
Task: Choreography - Say NAMASTE using 5 di erent
Task: Present di erent characters using speech and
voices. (Witch, Bubbly person, Monster, Snake, Yourself)
body

IMITATION STYLE AND ENERGY BODY ACTION

SPEECH (5 marks)
(5 marks) (5 marks) (5 marks)

- if the student presents - if the student is - if the student presents 2 - if the student performs a
with help = (2 marks) presenting = (2 marks) di erent voices = (2 marks) character = (5 marks)

- if the student is doing one

- if the student presents
movement with high - if the student presents 4 - if the student performs 2
with some prompts = (4
energy with some prompts di erent voices = (4 marks) - 3 characters = (10 marks)
marks)
= (4 marks)
- if the student is doing
- if the student performs
- if the student presents character movements with - if the student presents 5
4-5 characters = (15
without help = (5 marks) high energy without any di erent voices = (5 marks)
marks)
help = (5 marks)
 c. Grade 3
Total marks- 20 marks

Technique (10 marks) Performance (10 marks)

Task: Students will be asked to perform 2 Task: Perform a superhero character
movements/gestures (given below)

Movements-
IMAGINATION
(5 marks)
- if the student performs with
some help = (2 marks)
- if the student performs one of
the movements without any help
= (4 marks)
- if the student performs both
movements without any help = (5
marks)
STYLE AND ENERGY CLEAN MOVEMENTS SPEECH
(5 marks) (5 marks) (5 marks)
- if the student is
less clarity while
doing the movements - if the student speaks while doing
doing the actions = (2
with some help = (2 actions with some help = (2 marks)
marks)
marks)
- complete
- if the student is
movements and
doing the movements - if the student speaks with some
precision in
by giving some prompts = (4 marks)
movements with some
prompts = (4 marks)
help= (4 marks)
- if the student is
clarity and precision - if the student speaks with clarity
doing clean
in movements without and confidence without any help =
movements without
any help= (5 marks) (5 marks)
any help = (5 marks)
 d. Grade 4
Total marks- 20 marks

Technique (10 marks) Performance (10 marks)

Task: Perform all the 8 e orts Task: Play a character using any one e ort

Movements Speech and body

SKILLS STYLE AND ENERGY Characterization(5

Voice (5 marks)
(5 marks) (5 marks) marks)

- if the student is doing 2 - if the student speaks while

- if the student performs less clarity while doing
e orts with good energy with doing actions with some help =
2 e orts = (2 marks) the actions = (2 marks)
some help = (2 marks) (2 marks)

- if the student is doing 5 - complete movements

- if the student performs e orts with good energy by - if the student speaks with and precision in
5 e orts = (4 marks) giving some prompts = (4 some prompts = (4 marks) movements with some
marks) help= (4 marks)

- if the student is doing 8 - if the student speaks with clarity and precision in
- if the student performs
e orts with good energy clarity and confidence without movements without any
8 e orts = (5 marks)
without any help = (5 marks) any help = (5 marks) help= (5 marks)
 e. Grade 5
Total marks- 20 marks

Performance (10 marks)

Technique (10 marks)
Task: use space and body to express the character’s
Task: Perform a scene from the play ‘A Quiet
emotions
Neighbourhood’

IMPROVISATION STYLE AND ENERGY Listening

Voice (5 marks)
(5 marks) (5 marks) (5 marks)

- if the student waits for

- if the student performs - If the student performs a If the student talks in their
their dialogues = (2
with some help = (2 marks) character= (2 marks) own voice = (2 marks)
marks)

- if the student performs a - if the student

- if the student performs -If the student tries to use
character from memory = acknowledges other
with prompts = (4 marks) voice modulation= (4 marks)
(4 marks) actors = (4 marks)

- if the student performs If the students manages to - if the student listens

- if the student performs
without any help = (5 perfectly modulate their and reacts to other
with clarity = (5 marks)
marks) voice= (5 marks) actors= (5 marks)
 f. Grade 6
Total marks- 20 marks
TECHNIQUE
Task : switch between 4 characters
PERFORMANCE STYLE AND ENERGY
(5 marks) (5 marks)
- if the student performs
If the student performs a
with some help = (2
character = (2 marks)
marks)
- if the student performs If the student switches
with some prompts = (4 between 2 characters= (4
marks) marks)
- remembers the correct
- if the student performs
order of steps and is able to
without any help = (5
stay on beat throughout=
marks)
(5 marks)
PERFORMANCE
Task : Perform a scene from the street play
LISTENING
(5 marks)
- if the student waits for their
dialogues = (2 marks)
- if the student acknowledges
other actors = (4 marks)
- if the student listens and
reacts to other actors= (5
marks)
USE OF BODY
(5 marks)
- if the student uses their
body = (2 marks)
- if the student uses their
body with confidence = (4
marks)
- if the student uses their
body with confidence, clarity
and ease (5 marks)