Assessment

Assessment

Continuous assessment would be carried out throughout the year. The combination of both in terms I and II will determine the overall performance of a student. The weighting is as follows:

TERM	C.A. %	W.E. %	TOTAL
Mid Term	10	30	40
Annual	10	50	60
Total	20	80	100

C.A- Continuous assessment, W.E-Written Exam.

Continuous Assessment (CA) is that of the student’s Class Work (CW), Home Work (HW), Monthly Tests (MT) and Project Work or Practical Work (PW). The weighting is:

 All subjects except for English and Dzongkha for class VII-X

C.A	CWA	P.W	TOTAL
Term-I	3	7	10
Term-II	3	7	10
Total	6	14	20

                                                          

 

CWA: Chapter Wise Assessment         PW: Project Work

For English and Dzongkha (VII- XII) Reading portfolio (4.5), Writing portfolio (4.5) and Monthly test (6)

For XI-XIl Commerce Stream

CA	CWA	Assignment	Presentation	Total
Term-I	3	7	-	10
Term-II	3	-	7	10
Total	6	7	7	20

                                       
                                         For XI-XII Science Stream  

CA	CWA	PW/Assignment	Practical	Total
Term-I	3	7	-	10
Term-II	3	7	10	20
Total	6	14	10	30

Chapter Wise Assessment (CWA):                                 

CWA is planned to check the students’ understanding of the lesson taught in previous classes and it would be carried out in the classroom under the supervision and guidance of the teacher. Some examples of CWA may be group discussions, reading, writing, drawing, problem solving, and student participation by asking different levels of questions. In order to assess the student, teacher will design questions related to the objectives of the lesson. If the student is not able to answer the questions, the teacher must provide some remedial support to improve his or her learning. Subject Teacher must discuss and develop a form for CWA; where by 3 % of CWA will be reflected in the students result. 

Project Work (PW)                                         

Project Work is an extended learning activity undertaken by a student related to a topic in the syllabus involving the student in processes such as information gathering, interpreting and presenting the information in a logical sequence and written form under the continual guidance and support of the teacher. Here, the process gains much more attention and recognition than the product, which of course is taken into account. Following is the Assessment Criteria:

1. Content (3 marks)
2. Originality (2Marks)
3. Presentation(2Marks)
4. Deadline ( 2 Marks)
5. Reference  (1Marks)                                          

For Class XI & XII Science, 7 % (for home exam) of the total marks are evaluated as part of Project Work in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Project Work should be hand written and strictly A4 sized paper should be used (provision of A4 papers will be arranged by the school) Computerized Project Work does not carry any bonus marks.

 All the classes from VIII to X must carry out three minor project works in first term and three in second term.

Practical Work

Practical Work is carried out for Physics, Chemistry and Biology as prescribed in the syllabus instead of project work for Grades IX and X during the practical periods. In case of grades XI and XII, both are undertaken by the students. Following is the assessment criteria:

1.       Experiment

2.       Observation

3.       Inferences

4.       Presentation.

All forms of assessment mentioned above must be recorded and maintained in the class CA form by the subject teachers. The records will be counter signed by Monitors and Academic Head at the end of each month (for PW, at the end of scheduled time) who will also look at the work corrected before signing the records.

The grades/marks obtained will be displayed at the end of each month (for PW, at the end of scheduled time) for each class by the Subject Teachers concerned who are also responsible for compiling records for onward submission to the Class Teachers at the end of each term.

For XI & XII Science, 20 % of the total marks are evaluated by Practical Examinations in Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Examinations

The school assesses the students’ in two ways viz. Unit Tests and Terminal Examinations. Unit Test will be conducted after every unit while term test will be conducted two times at the end of the two terms. Tests are aimed at not only reinforcing the learners to learn continuously (thereby checking on the continuity of learning) but also to check and ensure the learners understanding of the contents/topics taught/learnt in the class (thereby checking on the knowledge acquired by the learners in that particular period/unit or chapter). This is evaluated as part of CA to see the progress and learning of the students.

Two terminal examinations are conducted at the end of the terms on a larger scale basically to sum up the learning and achievement of the students. Terminal examinations play a greater role in determining whether or not a pupil is to be promoted to the next higher class or to be detained in the same class based on their capacity and performance.

For classes X and XII, we have the External Examination conducted at the end of the year while for other classes the school prepares all the terminal papers.

Class X external examination is for 80 % and 20 % is provided by the school as Continuous assessment. For Class XII science the external examination is for 70 % and remaining 10 % for the project work and 20 % for practical exam.