Video conference -Teacher Training PPTs On Examination Reforms in Telangana State

1. Session - 2
Examination Reforms

2. Examination Reforms
• Single paper for languages.
• Summative exam for 80 marks and
Formative Assessment for 20 marks.
• Duration: 3 hrs for writing answers and
15 minutes extra time for reading QP
• Single Answer Booklet
• Pass mark in internals (FA) is – 7 and in
summative exam is – 28
Note: Student should pass in both
separately.

3. Nature of Questioning
• Questions should be open ending,
descriptive, thought provoking
and analytical in nature.
• Questions once appeared in the
public exam should not be
repeated in the later public exams
in the same form.

4. Nature of Questioning (Contd..)
• Question given at the end of
each unit must not be given in
the public exams as such.
• Questions must reflect the
academic standards.

5. Types of Assessment
1. Formative Assessment
2. Summative Assessment

6. S.
No.
Items for
Formative Assessment
Marks
1 Children’s reflections. 10
2 Children’s written work 10
3 Project works 10
4 Slip test 20
Total 50

7. Formative Assessment-Tools
Reflections:
• Learners’ own reflections (oral and
written) on reading material other than
textbook such as stories, news etc.
• Oral discourses produced individually in
the classroom.
• Oral responses to the interaction done
during the transactional process.

8. Written works:
• Textual exercises
• Written discourses produced
individually in the classroom.
• Analytical questions given as
home task

9. Project works:
The oral and written performance
of children during;
• Planning and preparation of tools.
• Execution/ Collection of data.
• Analysis & interpretation of data.
• Report writing and presentation.

10. Project works - Allotment of Marks:
• 6 marks for the written work
(preparation of tools 2; collection of
data and analysis-2, report writing-2)
• 4 marks for oral responses during the
process and presentation of the
report.
• Consider the indicators (written and
oral) and award marks accordingly.

11. Slip Test:
• It contains one discourse, one
reading comprehension and one
exercise on Vocabulary & Grammar.
• This should be conducted without
prior notice.
• It should be done in a single period
and based on syllabus covered
during the formative period.

12. Evidences for FA:
• Teacher’s unit cum period plan that
reflects children’s performance.
• Student portfolio.
• Notebooks of children.
• Textual exercises carried out by
children.
• Products evolved in groups through
collaboration.
• Scripts of Slip Test.

13. S.
No.
Items for
Formative Assessment
Marks
1 Children’s reflections. 5
2 Children’s written work 5
3 Project work 5
4 Slip test 5
Total 20

14. Formative assessment-
Cumulative Register
Note 1: R-Reflections; W-Written works; P-Project work; S-Slip
test, 2: To condense each item into 5 marks, divide the total
marks under each area by 8 for 10 marks and by 16 for 20
marks.

15. Summative Assessment
There will be 3 Summative Tests
in an academic year. The third
summative exam is the public
examination to be conducted by the
SSC board. Each test is for 100 marks.
Out of these, 20 marks are allotted to
internal assessment and 80 marks for
written test.

16. Summative Assessment
Internal Assessment (20 marks):
• The average of marks obtained in
formative test(s) conducted earlier to
the summative exam is to be
considered for SA 1 and 2.
• For SA-3, the average of all four FAs
should be considered for final results.

17. Summative Assessment –
Guidelines
Written Test Two Papers
(40 Marks each)
Section-A: Reading Comprehension -15 marks
Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar- 10 Marks
Section-C: CreativeWriting-Discourses -15Marks

18. Paper I 13 E
40 Marks
Section-A: Reading Comprehension -15 marks
Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar- 10 Marks
Section-C: CreativeWriting-Discourse -15Marks

19. Section – A
Reading Comprehension (15 Marks)
Q.
No.
Text Type Marks
Allotted
Multiple
Choice
Very Short
Answers
1-7 Passage from
the textbook-
A Reading
10 4 x 1 = 4 3Q x 2M = 6M
8-
12
Passage from
the textbook-
B and C
Reading
5 3 x 1 = 3 2Q x 1M = 2M

20. Section – B
Vocabulary and Grammar (10 Marks)
Q.
No
Text Type Marks
Allotted
Nature of the Questions
13-
17
Textbook based
Passage (A,B and
C Reading)
5 Editing the numbered
sentences
18-
22
Textbook based
Passage (A,B and
C Reading)
5 Cloze Test – Filling the
blanks from the given
options

21. Section – C
Creative Writing – Discourses: 15 Marks
S.N
o
Nature of
the
Discourse
Details of the
Discourses
Marks
allotted
Choice
23 Major
Group -A
Story/Narrative,
Conversation,
Description, Drama/Play
script, Interview and
Choreography
10 Internal
Choice
24 Minor
Group -A
Message, Notice and
diary
5 No
choice

22. Paper II 14 E
40 Marks
Section-A: Reading Comprehension -15 marks
Section-B: Vocabulary and Grammar- 10 Marks
Section-C: CreativeWriting-Discourses -15Marks

23. Section – A
Reading Comprehension (15 Marks)
Q.
No
.
Text Type Marks
Allotted
Multiple
Choice
Very Short
Answers
1-
7
Passage from
the Text
independent
10 4 x 1 = 4 3Q x 2M = 6M
8-
12
Passage from
the text
independent-poem
5 3 x 1 = 3 2Q x 1M = 2M

24. Section – B
Vocabulary and Grammar (10 Marks)
Q.
No
Text Type Marks
Allotted
Nature of the Questions
13-
17
Text
independent
5 Answer as per the
directions
18-
22
Text
independent
5 Cloze Test – Filling the
blanks from the given
options

25. Section – C
Creative Writing – Discourses: 15 Marks
Sl.
No
Nature of
the
Discourse
Details of the
Discourses
Marks
allotted
Choice
23 Major
Group -B
Biography, Essay, Report/
News Report, Letter and
Speech (script)
10 Internal
Choice
24 Minor
Group -B
Poster, Invitation and
Profile
5 No
choice

26. Discourse – Inputs
For giving a question on discourse a
context should be given as follows:
• verbal input: narrative/ hints.
• visual input: picture/ photo
• graphical input: charts & diagrams.
• numerical input: data in a tabular
form.

27. Discourse:
Biography
Inputs given in
the textbook at
page no. 13

28. Discourse – Letter
Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 63

29. Discourse – Report
(Inputs given in the textbook at page no. 64)

30. Summative Assessment - Grading
Grade
Marks in Languages
(100 M)
Grade points
A1 91 to 100 marks 10
A2 81 to 90 marks 9
B1 71 to 80 marks 8
B2 61 to 70 marks 7
C1 51 to 60 marks 6
C2 41 to 50 marks 5
D 35 to 40 marks 4
E 0 to 34 marks 3