From March 18 to March 22, a study visit to Moscow, supported by the World Bank, enabled delegations from Armenia, India, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan and Vietnam (consisting of these countries’ representatives from their Ministries of Education, Universities and National Assessment Centres) to get acquainted with Russian universities’ experience in the development of graduate level programs…
Completed background questionnaire analysis of mathematics of round 1 of the Grade 10 National Achievement Survey (NAS) (2014-15) for schools, teachers, and students
Shared with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) the full report of learning assessment to ascertain the validity of learning outcomes data and indicators used for NAS, and the suggested improvements
Provided government officials with exposure to test items, testing patterns, analysis, and reporting standards of PISA through study visit to the OECD in Paris in October 2018
Completed a report on background data analysis for mathematics achievement on the 2014 Grade 10 NAS and reached an agreement with NCERT that analysis on an additional subject of the Grade 10 NAS will be carried out by the Educational Survey Division (ESD) team
Generated State and District Report Cards for 610 districts across 34 states for the Grade 10 National Achievement Survey (NAS) based on a finalized template and distributed the report cards to all states and districts to showcase findings from the Grade 10 NAS. The district report cards are publicly available on the National Council of…
Completed the dissemination activities from the “South Asia Regional Conference on Using Large- Scale Assessments to Improve Teaching and Learning” workshop that was held in New Delhi in April 2018, including providing a feature story for the READ 2 newsletter and uploading conference materials on the READ 2 website
• Held discussions with NCERT on techniques for background data analysis for the Grade 10 National Achievement Survey (NAS) • Received preliminary results from background data analysis for Math achievement on the Grade 10 NAS and prepared an outline of the report • Prepared Terms of Reference (ToR) for a consultancy to assist NCERT with…
Awarded firm contract to design and conduct an assessment of language and math in three Indian states (Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha) that will be used to cross validate results from the recent National Achievement Survey (NAS) of grades 3, 5, and 8. The proposed assessment will be built around the official national learning outcomes…