Innovative Assessment in B.Ed. Envisage by NEP 2020: Prospect, Challenges and Way out
Author : Dr. Avtar Singh and Dr. Roshni Desai
Abstract :
For Teacher Educators, assessment in the modern Era is not confined to Grading and Reporting but it is Assessment for learning and execution. This paper addresses prospective innovative assessment practices; assessment challenges faced in innovative practices and aspire to take up these challenges by offering practical guidelines for dealing with them in daily practices.
Prospective Assessment: Include Self-assessment in School Internship, practical papers (seminar/exhibition), Theory paper with realistic approach
Challenge: To establish a shift from obsolete tests to more authentic assessments
Way-out: This requires the development of assessments that observe student teachers' performance in situations that are similar to the current and future teaching practice as much as possible.
Innovative Assessment: Student teachers involved in assessment process at all level Challenge: to increase student teachers' involvement in assessment by handing over the responsibilities of assessor from teacher educator to student teacher
Way-out: Prepare student-teachers for self-assessment and retrospection. As their prime responsibilities is to assess their students in schools.
Prospective Assessment: assessment by student teachers, self for teacher educators and assessment by self, mentor and peer for student teachers
Challenge: Teacher educators critically evaluate the quality of their own assessments and equip student teachers with the skills to do so in their own future practice as well.
Way-out: Give maximum support to students in carrying out assessment as well as provide them that space while they are in school.
Keywords :
Practical and theory part, school internship, challenges, self and peer assessment, challenges in innovative assessment, student teachers’ involvement, quality of assessment
