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The Duke University Talent
Identification Program, USA,
has partnered with ASSET to
identify and serve academically
-gifted students in India.
Grades 3 - 10
English | Maths | Science | Social Studies | Hindi
Test dates: August 2-5 / December 6-11, 2010
Advance Registration Deadline (Early Bird): March 1, 2010
Register Now!
Duke University Talent Identification
Program partners with
to identify students
for their Talent Search
What is Duke TIP?
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit educational organization that is recognized as a worldwide leader in
identifying and serving the educational needs of academically talented
youth. Duke TIP provides resources, recognition, and research to talented
students, their parents, educators, and schools for the development of the
students’ optimal educational potential. Since 1980, Duke TIP has served
over 2 million students.
Duke TIP is an affiliated program of Duke University, which is currently
ranked as one of the top 10 universities in the United States by U.S. News &
World Report. Duke is one of the most competitive universities in the
country and its various Schools (e.g. Medicine, Business, Public Policy, and
the Environment) are among the best in the world.
Duke TIP in India Mission
The Duke TIP India Talent Search offers academically talented students in
India an opportunity to better understand their academic capabilities and
how to most effectively develop their optimal educational potential.
Talent Search Overview
The Duke University TIP India Talent Search identifies academically
talented students from across the country, primarily using the ASSET test.
We understand that academically talented students need special
motivation and support. We will help them grow by providing the
opportunity for above-level testing, resources, and encouragement so that
them may continue challenging themselves academically.
“Duke TIP in India has opened up a new
world for [my daughter], making her
more confident, more independent, and
widening her horizon tremendously. “
- Parent of TIP student in India
The Talent Search
Eligibility & Timeline
Students who qualify for the Duke TIP India Talent Search will be eligible
for benefits such as:
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Recognition: receipt of a Certificate of Merit
Out-of-level testing : the opportunity to take an out-of-level ASSET test
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and receive a diagnostic assessment of intellectual ability
Students scoring at the 95th percentile or
higher on the in-level Mathematics, Science, or
English portion of the ASSET examination
taken in July-August will be invited to
participate in the Duke TIP India Talent Search.
Spring
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Interactive seminars : participation in Duke TIP Webinars conducted by
university faculty and graduate students
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Duke TIP in India Family Newsletter : information and practical advice
for parents and guardians of academically talented students
Educational Programming : participation in distance learning options and
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ASSET test
July/August
October
If eligible, register for the
DUKE TIP India Talent Search
November
Receive Duke TIP India
Family Newsletter
December
Take the out-of-level,
second ASSET test
January
Disclaimer: Duke University TIP is a well constructed program for students of Grades 7 and 8 and their having
chosen ASSET is a measure of ASSET’s credibility. Please note that Duke’s TIP selection process is very intensive
and the ASSET score is one of the steps of this process. The decision of the total number of schools to involve is a
decision by the Duke TIP team and simply taking ASSET may not make you eligible for the Duke TIP program.
Take the in-level,
base ASSET test
theopportunitytoapplyforDukeTIPSummerStudiesPrograminIndia
www.tip.duke.edu/india
Register for July/August
Notification of out-of-level test
scores and diagnostic profile
February
If eligible, apply for Duke TIP
educational programming
1st January , 2010
Invitation
Letter
To
The Principal
Subject: Invitation to participate in the ASSET Advance Registration Opportunity - Early Bird, 2010
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Greetings from the ASSET team for a very Happy New Year 2010!
In 2009, we took the radical step of offering ASSET only to schools who take it as a “full school” or “full class”. We did this to help schools
derive even more value from the ASSET diagnostic analysis as the data becomes truly 'representative' when the full class or school
takes the program. We are happy to share that more than 850 schools (with 315,000 students) took ASSET in 2009.
This gives us the confidence to work even more closely with schools that value our initiatives to improve student learning through yearlong improvement programs. It is heartening to note that almost all our partner schools have used the ASSET data and support
programs in innovative ways to achieve improved student learning. 180 schools have sent us a detailed account of the Impact of
ASSET’s diagnostic and benchmarking insights to improve student learning. 8 schools have been profiled in this brochure. What is most
impressive is the sheer amount of effort put in and the clear results demonstrated within a short period of one or two years. Some
examples of how schools have used ASSET and allied services this year include?
Using the Year-on-Year analysis to track the impact of initiatives on an on-going basis.
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Integrating Teacher Sheets into teacher’s lesson plans.
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Displaying ASSET Question-a-Day(AQAD) on AQAD boards and discussing them with students on a daily basis, thus making
“critical thinking” a daily activity.
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Using the Test Generator software and its online question bank to quickly generate weekly, monthly and term tests.
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Building remedial plans for specific misconceptions through visits of senior team members from EI under the Relationship
Enhancement Program(REP).
EARLY BIRD OFFER
As a part of our 2010 Advance Registration – Early Bird benefits, we are offering students a “personalised booklet” that will help them
work on specific questions related to their weak skills identified through ASSET. The book is being offered free of cost to every child if
the school registers before March 1st with 30% advance. Other initiatives like REP visits (2 visits), Test Generator, ASSET Question-aDay, Teacher Sheets and the Question Making Competition will continue in 2010.
DUKE UNIVERSITY TIP INDIA TALENT SEARCH AND ASSET
Recognising the benchmarking capability of ASSET, Duke University, USA is partnering with ASSET for its Duke Talent Identification
Program. ASSET scores will be used as the selection criteria for participation in the Duke University TIP Talent Search.
CONTINUOUS and COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION (CCE) COURSE FOR TEACHERS
EI is offering a 6 month distance learning program for teachers of grades 6 to 10 at a fee of Rs 5000 per teacher. The course will have an
exam at the end with a certification of successful completion. The course is being designed keeping in mind the practical – application
oriented approach that teachers are looking for to help them integrate CCE effectively into their regular teaching –learning processes.
The best practices of schools that have been using CCE will also be shared with teachers who sign up for the course. For details please
write to [email protected]
2010 ARO details
Schools will have to continue to register as Full Class or Full Schools in 2010. The cost of ASSET in 2010 is Rs 350 per student for the core
subjects of English, Math and Science (Classes 3 to 10) and Rs 135 per subject for Social Studies (Classes 5 to 10) and Hindi (Classes 4 to
8). The registration deadline is March 1st, 2010 with 30% advance to avail the Early Bird benefits indicated above.
We look forward to your continued active participation in ASSET, and rededicate ourselves to helping every student in your school learn
with understanding!
With regards,
Sridhar Rajagopalan
Managing Director
Sudhir Ghodke
Director
Vishnuteerth Agnihotri
VP - Test Development
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ADVANCE
REGISTRATION
BENEFITS
-EARLY BIRD
ASSET offers a year-round engagement approach with schools and effective planning can be done if we can get an
exact picture of the number and location of schools registering for the ASSET and allied services program.
Therefore we offer schools the opportunity to confirm their registration for ASSET by paying 30% of the total
amount as advance before 1st March, 2010.
BENEFITS FOR REGISTERING UNDER EARLY BIRD 2010
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Students and Parents:
EARLYBIRD ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
Personalised booklet for students to help them work on their weak skills
identified under the ASSET diagnostic program. The booklet is offered FREE to all
1. Registration of Full Classes or Full
students of schools registering for ASSET, subject to their school registering
School for the ASSET program. School
under EB.
Summary
Form to be filled with
Students and Teachers:
tentative
numbers
for the chosen
ASSET Question-a-Day: One Question sent daily via email to every class that
classesfortheacademicyear2010-11.
registers for EB.
2. Deciding to take 3 (core) or 4 (Core +
Teachers:
SS/Hindi)or5(Core+SS+Hindi)subjects.
- Access to Test Generator Software and online Question Bank
3. 30% advance to be paid along with
- Relationship Enhancement Program: 2 visits to the school by senior EI team
the filled up School Summary Form
members who will help schools use all the services offered and provide
by March 1st, 2010.
support to build remedial plans for identified misconceptions
- Teacher Sheets and Misconception CDs
Teachers and Management:
Class-wise, section-wise, student-wise analysis with year-on-year comparison if ASSET is being taken for more than one
year. Benchmarking with over 1000 schools and approx 15,000 students per class makes the analysis very comprehensive
and accurate.
Price Benefit:
ASSET is offered at Rs 350 per student for three core subjects with a 10- 15% Test Admin Fee benefit depending on the
number of students registering. Schools registering after the ARO deadline will be charged Rs 400 per student with Rs 30
offered as test admin fee.
STUDENTS REGISTERING FOR ASSET
EARLY BIRD BENEFITS
STUDENT RANGE
200-799
800 - 1599
1600 and above
TEST ADMIN FEE
10%
10%
15%
Student Personalised Booklet
(ASSET MyBook)
+
Test Generator for the full
school or classes participating
in EMS for the year
+
AQAD via email
+
REP (2 visits)
+
Teacher Sheets (soft copy)
Student Personalised Booklet
(ASSET MyBook)
+
[Test Generator for the
full school or classes
participating in EMS
for the year
+
AQAD via email
+
REP (2 visits)
+
Teacher Sheets (soft copy)]
OR
A Laptop worth Rs 25,000
Student Personalised Booklet
(ASSET MyBook)
+
Test Generator for the
full school or
classes participating in
EMS for the year
+
AQAD via email
+
REP (2 visits)
+
Teacher Sheets (soft copy)
AND
A Laptop worth Rs 25,000
ADDITIONAL FREE
BENEFITS FOR REGISTERING
UNDER EARLY BIRD
WITH 30%
ADVANCE BEFORE
MARCH 1st, 2010
Please Note: Schools that register under FC-FS (full class or full school) who cannot get their full class or full school to participate in
ASSET will be refunded their advance payment after deducting a processing fee of Rs 5,000 and their registration will be cancelled.
The Balance amount (70%) should be paid latest by July 7th, 2010 for Summer Round schools and September 30th, 2010 for Winter
Round Schools. Schools that delay payments might not get the test papers in time to conduct the test
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ASSET is India's leading skill based diagnostic test taken by over 300,000 + students annually
from 800 + schools. Sign up for ASSET and accelerate improvement in your school.
Questions that test real understanding
Applicable for CBSE, ICSE, IB, IGCSE and State Boards
STUDENT
REGISTRATION
+ 30% ADVANCE
PAYMENT
Focus on specific misconceptions
Specific suggestions given for improvement
TEACHERS
WORKING ON
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Full School participation deepens analysis
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Analysis is an “eye-opener”
FINALIZING
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PAYMENT
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SESSIONS
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TEACHERS
ASSET
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+ ASSET
MYBOOK
Question making support to teachers
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SCHOOL BENEFIT
ASSET clearly pin-points the specific skills where the school needs to focus its precious
time and energy to accelerate improvement.
FOCUS
! Diagnostic, skill based test not competitive (applicable for whole school)
! Questions designed to test concepts underlying the curriculum
! Rigorous question making system ensures very high quality of questions
! Multiple choice format drills down to specific misconceptions
! National benchmarking clearly shows patterns allowing prioritization
ACCELERATED IMPROVEMENT
! Assessment FOR Learning instead of Assessment OF Learning
! Clarity on specific misconceptions saves teacher’s time
! School management gets a yearly picture of academic progress
! Successful efforts can get highlighted enhancing teacher morale
Diagnostic Tool
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Questions aimed
at all children
Feedback allows Year-onYear comparison
Scientific Approach
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Rigorous pre-testing
Misconceptions targeted
Skill v/s Content
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! Feedback skill-wise
Aimed at application not rote
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ASSET analysis benefits for Principals and Top Management
! Bird's eye view report gives overall picture
! Year-on-year comparison can show actionable patterns
! Allows Principals to track teacher effectiveness
! Group schools can compare inter-group performance
! Best practices within groups can be identified and shared
! Visibility of the results of school efforts helps all stakeholders
ASSET analysis benefits for Teachers
! Complementary insights of patterns from their own classrooms
! Misconception analysis saves time for teachers
! Feedback from ASSET Schools can build a strong best practices compilation
! Customised analysis folders provide personalised feedback to teachers
ASSET analysis benefits for Students
! “ASSET MyBook” - a personalised question based booklet that helps students to
improve their weak skills
! Personalised feedback helps students work on their strengths and weaknesses
! Parents and teachers can help students focus on specific areas
! Students encouraged to self-learn and improve every year
Analysis of the MOST DIFFICULT Questions
QNo. Paper Code
%age of your students
who answered correctly
%age of ALL schools
who answered correctly
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20.5 %
27.9 %
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7.3 %
15.0 %
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38.6 %
50.2 %
Performance Table showing
MOST COMMON WRONG ANSWER
Class 7, Science Question
What is the chemical formula for steam?
A. CO
B. H2O
C. O2
D. (Pure steam does not
have a chemical formula)
ASSET Speak
The analysis clearly shows that the
children of this class are not clear
about the properties of steam.
They believe that steam does
not have a chemical formula and
the teacher can now address this.
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Components of the transformational process - 2010
Students and Parents: Personalised Booklet for Skill Enhancement - “ASSET MyBook”
! Every child who participates in ASSET will get an analysis (regular feature)
&
In addition to this, for students of EB schools (schools that register with 30% advance before March 1st)
we are offering a personalised booklet for skill enhancement. The booklet will take up the 2 weak skills
identified by ASSET and offer
, Skill explanations
, 6 questions per skill that will offer more practice to the student
, Answers and explanations for each of the questions
Students and Parents: Interaction with PTA/ Parents
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Presentation of school performance on ASSET
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Explanation of ASSET results and how to read the analysis
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What should parent do at home to support the child's learning
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Answering queries about how ASSET fits into the school's process
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Informing parents on what the ASSET team is doing with teachers to address misconceptions identified
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Making parents answer a few ASSET questions to give them a deeper perspective of the quality and
design of the questions.
Students and Teachers: ASSET Question-a-Day
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1 Question per day by email to the school for every registered Class
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Specially designed boards to put up the questions in the school corridors will be provided to schools
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Recommendations on how to use will be offered during orientation programs (June-July)
Teachers: Relationship Enhancement Program
! 2 visits to each school by senior EI team members. Visit details: 2 – 3 hours per visit
, 1st Visit – Orientation visit for new schools/ “Sharing of learnings” visit for past participants
, 2nd Visit – Post ASSET analysis session with focus on building remedial plans for questions that
have likely misconceptions
! Appointment of Core Team that would ensure services are being used
! Regular interaction over email and phone to check for any additional support that schools might require
Teachers: Test Generator
! Online question bank that helps teachers make customised question papers
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The Orchid School, Pune
Shilpa Solanki, Principal
The main objective of taking ASSET was to know how the school is
doing. We wanted to get a validation from a third party that has done
extensive research in the field of education and to know if the school
ASSET IMPACT
is on the right track and promoting thinking. So if someone is able to
tell us that we are developing skills, encouraging thinking,
questioning, analysis and higher order thinking, it means a lot to us if
it comes from an objective point of view. ASSET test is much awaited by the students as they
do not have to prepare for the same. They are happy to appear for the test. This is one test
they fearlessly and readily face, guess because it is so non - judgmental. While we do take
other tests, ASSET has been made compulsory in our school.
For parents, to have such a brilliant report for every child with a clear understanding of what
are your child’s skill areas, where is she outstanding and what areas does she needs help is
something I think if we got as parents then we would be in a much better place today.
“The students are very comfortable
with the ASSET type of questions
because there are four options and
they have understood that although
theyhavefouroptions,wereallyneed
to know what is the correct answer
instead of randomly marking the
answers. Even if there are questions
that they have not learnt in class this
reallyhelpsthemgettotheanswer”
- Seema Shadbdar,
Coordinator
"I teach English and the questions
from ASSET and the ASSET Test
Generator have helped me a lot to
get ideas for making my own test
papers."
- Monika Desai,
Teacher
Sanghamitra School, Hyderabad
We need to start looking at our children 10 years from now and help them develop skills
that they can use then. So with ASSET we are trying to change certain things. This is the first
time we have set the test papers with the multiple choice questions. I have got very good
feedback from the parents. They are saying that this is wonderful. The teachers are very
happy, they know where they are lagging behind.
ASSET has empowered both the teachers and learners with a new set of skills to read
critically, think and reason logically and solve complex problems.
Mrs. Arundhati, Principal
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Don Bosco School, Guwahati
ASSET IMPACT
It is now about seven years since we decided to make a journey
together with ASSET in the field of testing and evaluation. I was
prompted to do so for a number of reasons:
?The students of North-East need to be exposed to a larger environment and assess their
abilities in relation to their counterparts in other places of the country.
?The philosophy and methods of testing and evaluation have been changing rapidly and
we believe ASSET would help us to keep track with these changes.
?Our teachers, like most others, were trapped in the traditional patterns, some of which
were even obsolete. ASSET, in a way, offers an indirect training programme to the
teachers.
ASSET has also been a kind of
foundation for our students in their
preparation for external proficiency
examinations. It guides and dictates
them in specifications of the
performance abilities desired in
candidates to be selected for
technical, medical and other courses
of studies.
Fr. Joseph Thalekkat, Principal
I have noticed an increasing enthusiasm of our students in ASSET’s All-India tests. We
have received positive responses and appreciation for ASSET from students as well
as teachers which have been published in our monthly journal Bosco Times.
ASSET’s Everyday questions (AQAD) have been compiled up and are forming a kind of
question bank on different subjects. Some of our teachers are using them usefully.
The test generator has begun to attract the attention of our teachers. I am glad to see
our teachers using the teacher sheets in the classrooms. These diagnostic tests are
like our remedial classes and have been helping both the teachers and students to
assess their strengths and weaknesses.
La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow
Educational Initiatives approached us last year to take the ASSET test for the children of
classes 3 to 8. We agreed to go ahead with all the children of classes 3 to 8 taking the test
because then we would have an analysis regarding the whole class and a better comparative
study could be done.
Mrs. Farida Abraham, Principal
The children appeared for English,
Mathematics and Science tests which
proved to be of great help as they tested a
variety of skills in those subjects and how the
children would apply them in solving the
questions.
The questions were both interesting and challenging for the children as they had
multiple choice questions - something that the children were doing for the first time.
They were also the kind of questions that would help the children in the competitive
exams in their future life.
The results of the test guide the
children about their strong and
weak skills in the three subjects. The
overall result helps the teacher in
strengthening the weak skills of the
children.Therewasanimprovement
in the overall result when the
children appeared in the test for the
secondtimein2009.
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Sishu Griha School, Bangalore
We, at Sishu Griha, do not believe in formal examinations and ASSET as a
ASSET
mode of assessment is in line with our requirement. ASSET, as a
diagnostic tool, brings out the true sense of assessment. We definitely
don't look at it as a short term goal but as a long term goal for continuous assessment.
IMPACT
ASSET has played a very important role in catering to skills such as logical thinking and
analytical reasoning. ASSET has accepted the school feedback regarding the need for
modifying their language MCQ papers to suit student needs all over the country, in a positive
sense,
and this has helped the students a great deal.
Mrs. Sujatha Mohandas, Principal
Our teachers utilise the ASSET reports
effectively to help the students build upon their strengths and improve on their
weaknesses. Students respond very enthusiastically to the tests and have gained from
this experience. ASSET has prompted the teachers to introduce higher order thinking
questions for their own internal question papers. Teacher sheets was a very good idea
and has been used extensively by teachers on a regular basis to strengthen
comprehension and application skills. Parents and teachers of Sishu Griha appreciate
ASSET as a very useful diagnostic tool which will reflect on the academic achievement
scores of the students in the long run.
Children themselves have give a
feedback saying it was great fun to
tackle application based questions.
T h e I C S E b o a r d r e co m m e n d s
application based question and HOTS
type questions. ASSET strengthens
and consolidates on that, in paving
Our school results are a clear indicator to this and have shown very good improvement
year after year. On the student experience about the tests , the ASSET coordinator, Mrs.
Madhulika Chandrakumar, says, “Students find Multiple choice type questions
interesting and this prepares them adequately to face competitive exams in future. It
also enables them to eliminate wrong choices and to choose the right option”.
the path towards answering such
type of questions by students.
DLF School, Ghaziabad
This is the fourth year that the students of DLF Public School, Ghaziabad have taken ASSET.
Every year, after the test, the EI team helps the teachers to analyze the school performance and
diagnose the areas for improvement. Using this information as well as other resources
provided by EI, the teachers plan the curriculum/activities for the following year.
School improvements triggered by ASSET...
The questions being sent everyday
have engendered curiosity in the
students and have led to active
discussions in the corridors of the
school. These questions have led to
a lot of peer interaction which is a
potent form of learning.
Mrs. Seema Jerath says, “We look at the ASSET
questions very closely and peg the questions
from the paper to the relevant lesson plan. These
questions are either used as thought provoking
shakers during the lessons or they are
incorporated in the assessments designed for the
lesson.
Mrs. Seema Jerath , Principal
We use ASSET data to identify the misconceptions that our students have and track the
teacher sheets which will help to diagnose the specific concept that needs to be discussed
in the class. The teachers study the teacher sheets and gain an insight on how to facilitate
the discussion in the class. They sometimes check out the useful resources that are listed as
a footnote in the teacher sheet. This saves time as teachers get the treasure without having
to hunt for it. Our teachers and our students benefit from your research!”
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The High Range School, Munnar
ASSET IMPACT
ASSET has been a diagnostic tool which truly tests the conceptual
understanding in the subjects assessed.
It has been comprehensive, in the sense that it covers all areas of assessment in the subject
concerned. It is age and curriculum relevant and at the same time it is an evaluation system
which is out of the books and very generalized.
Some of the school children
who were class toppers did not
fare well in ASSET. We realized
that the application level of
these children was very poor. It
has led to extra reading, more
of hands on activities and HOTS
questions for children, even in
the primary school.
Most of the parents thought the test was very well
organized. They found the questions thought
provoking and a barometer of the real understanding
of the subject. Most importantly they were very happy
with the ASSET score card which gave a detailed report
on the child's strengths and weaknesses and measures
to improve them.
Mr. Santosh, Principal
It has led to incorporation of multiple choice questions in the school exams for all the classes.
The analysis report was not only helpful to the children but it also helped the teachers to plan
their lessons well. It has helped the teachers to know the absorption level of each child with
reference to various concepts in Science, English and Maths.
Atmiya Vidya Mandir, Surat
ASSET provides a definitive solution in identifying our academic deltas(gaps), which we leverage
by catering to the individual learning needs of the student. Their detailed results also help our
teachers understand their strengths and weaknesses and help them grow as professionals who
can empower the leaders of tomorrow, today-one child at a time.
Journey with ASSET so far
Mr. Yogesh Raval, Principal
The basic philosophy of education at Atmiya Vidya Mandir is to develop the innate critical and
creative thinking capacities of children and ASSET has been our partner in helping us reach our
goals. Our students have been taking ASSET once every year since 2006.
The brains behind EI are genuinely interested in knowing, understanding and solving
problems for students, teachers, parents and anybody who takes education seriously.
Therefore, they design innovative end to end solutions to educational problems that provide
us with a unique and authentic perspective of what needs to be done.
Students find ASSET appealing
The unique concept-based approach of ASSET has inspired our students to come up with
original questions thereby leading to independent inquiry based learning. AQAD has
resulted in more collaborative efforts by students in finding solutions to a tough problem.
After our school ASSET results are
declared, the individual subject
teacher are given a week’s time
to reflect upon the concepts they
had delivered in the class which
the student missed or did not
understand after which a
detailed root cause analysis
report and improvement plan is
prepared.
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PERSONALISED
STUDENT
BOOKLET
ASSET MyBook - Personalised Instructional Material
The ASSET MyBook process begins with data from the ASSET
diagnostic program that is done exclusively in schools. The data
from the diagnostic program is used to develop personalised
instructional material for each student based on her test results.
The instructional material is delivered in the form of a printed
“ASSET MyBook”.
WHAT “ASSET MyBook” CONTAINS
1. An explanation of the skills and concepts that the student is
weak in.
2. Four to six questions per skill/concept to deepen the
student's understanding on the concept and to give the
student practice for mastering the skill.
3. Explanations and answers to each question.
BENEFITS
1. Delivers instructional content at an
unprecedented level of personalisation to
advance student learning
2. Sense of ownership for each child as the
content is personalised and designed
differently for each child
3. Offers a specific activity/ process for each
child to follow after the diagnostic test so
that the benefits of the diagnosis can be
offered both at the class level (through
work at school with teachers) and at the
individual level (through the personalised
instructional material).
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ROLL-OUT
1.
After the scoring and analysis is done – the ASSET Analysis Program
(AAP) identifies two skills per subject that the child is weak in.
2.
Based on this identification – the Program then identifies specific
questions that match the weak skills and compile the questions in the
form of a customised list
3.
ASSET experts explain the answers for each question so that after the
student has worked with her ASSET MyBook – she can refer to the
Answers and Explanations and strengthen her own understanding.
4.
The ASSET MyBook is then compiled for all the subjects and printed
(customised for each child).
5.
The ASSET MyBook is then delivered to the students along with their
customised analysis.
6.
Teachers can work with individual students and discuss the questions
or common weak skills and common misconception questions in the
classroom.
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TEST GENERATOR
FOR TEACHERS
Why “ASSET TEST GENERATOR” ?
Designing and implementing a high-quality continuous assessment program is an important and challenging task for teachers. Apart
from the balance that the teacher wishes to achieve in terms of question types, difficulty levels and topics, she also spends a lot of time
actually “making” the paper. Through the “ASSET Test Generator” tool, teachers would find the task of generating high-quality
customised tests, easier, faster and more enjoyable.
WHAT DOES “ASSET TEST GENERATOR” DO?
ASSET Test Generator is an online tool, that helps teachers to?
Quickly build customised tests that are appropriate to the class and topics/ sub topics covered by the teacher. This tool can be
used for unit tests, half-yearly tests, final exams or any kind of test. Tests are compatible with the curriculum of ICSE, CBSE,
IGCSE, IB and state boards.
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All the common types of questions used in school tests are covered including 'fill in the blanks',' true or false', 'short answer'
and 'multiple choice questions.
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Once the teacher specifies the 'parameters' like class, subject, topic and type of question, the system automatically generates
questions for the test paper in an easy-to-use format.
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Teachers can choose questions of the appropriate difficulty level.
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The tool also gives flexibility to teachers, so that they can modify the questions generated, add their own questions, and allot
marks to each question for the question paper.
KEY BENEFITS
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Saves time in the construction of tests
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Offers teachers exposure to a wide variety of questions (designed by
peers and experts) – expanding their own portfolio of potential
questions for any topic/ sub-topic
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Helps teachers plan and design post-test remediation approaches
while constructing the test – this helps integrate assessment into the
teaching-learning process (from start to end) instead of leaving it as
an “end of topic/ term” exercise
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Teachers can add their own questions to the database, thus allowing
them to create a paper with a mix of internal and external questions
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Quality of test papers can be monitored and maintained across the
school/ school groups by academic heads eliminating potential
biases of teaching to the test
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Creates a platform that encourages sharing of “good” questions
amongst a group of like-minded, progressive schools and their
teachers
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Can provide benchmark data through the use of ‘benchmark’
questions from ASSET or other international standardised tests
Test generator is available for English, Maths and Science
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ANALYSIS
ASSET is a unique diagnostic test
that gives teachers and students
specific feedback that helps them
to improve the quality of learning.
The analysis forms a critical
component of the improvement
process as it provides a clear
picture which can be the basis for
planning specific interventions.
Analysis Best Practice
The use of ASSET data has also evolved over the years. Schools that take ASSET regularly are seeking patterns in the data that can give
them deeper insights. Some specific actions taken by schools are listed below. These can be termed as “BEST PRACTICES” related to
ASSET Analysis.
1. To identify specific concepts that children across grades are weak in and
to explore the possibility of one teacher teaching the same concept
across 3 – 4 grades. Hence a teacher would teach the concept of
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages for all sections in Grades 3 to 5
whereas another teacher would teach Basic Shapes, Angles and
Patterns in the same sections. S N Kansagra School Group in Rajkot has
been following this system for higher grade math teaching.
2. The teachers assess themselves on the skills that their children are
weak in attempt a specially constructed paper with questions from
ASSET that their class children are finding difficult
3. To “thread” a misconception/ weak skill across classes to check the
misconception source by analysing the data across 3 – 4 grades as a
group. To get to the source of the misconception, a lot of teachers are
engaging their students in open-ended discussions related to the
misconception. Teacher Sheets are being used as guides to keep the
discussions on track.
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Bird's Eye View Report
Analysis
for School and
Teachers
Class
English
Maths
Science
3
82.66%
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78.26%
89.32%
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4
100.66%
100.33%
97.88%
5
90.34%
84.38%
91.75%
6
100.62%
93.30%
96.15%
7
104.87%
99.50%
96.88%
8
104.95%
105.05%
107.01%
9
112.57%
115.87%
107.96%
10
102.32%
101.78%
101.99%
An overall look at the school’s performance gives us a
picture of the school’s best practices and concern areas.
Skill Performance Report
Each ASSET Question has a skill mapped to it. Responses
from students are collated and a class-wise skill
performance report is generated. With this report one
can easily identify the strong and weak skills of the entire
class and take corrective action.
Year-on-Year Analysis
This is a comparison of ASSET performance of the school
for two separate years, made on the request of the
participating school. This report shows whether the
school has improved in comparison with other schools
and in its own performance.
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Class Performance Table
Analysis
for School and
Teachers
A comprehensive map of all student responses in a class
for a particular subject - useful to identify misconceptions.
Questions Students found Difficult / Easy
A quick indicator of 3 most difficult questions and 3 most
easy questions for every class in each subject - helps
teachers pick the questions for further analysis.
Questions with Common Wrong Answers.
Questions that are likely to have misconceptionshighlighted for use by the teachers.
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Student Circular Skill Profile Chart
Analysis
for Students
Core skills remain
constant across
classes 3-10
It shows the student's strengths and weaknesses across
12 comprehensive skill nodes in the 3 subjects of
English, Maths and Science.
Students Scorecard
A question wise analysis that provides an
immediate tool to check whether the child made
a silly mistake or there was a mistake in
understanding of concepts.
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PAN Card
Analysis
for Students
Jinaal Shah
Permanent ASSET number
English | Maths | Science |
Social Studies | Hindi
906726155
C55
DOB: 19/12/1996
Permanent ASSET Number Card provides unique
ASSET ID to track student performance across years.
Student Strength/Weakness Analysis
A detailed skill-wise break-up of each skill node sharing strong and weak skills.
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ASSET WEEK
WINNERS
Good Shepherd English Medium
School, Nandyal conducted a
competition where students
prepared ASSET type questions
and put it into the ASSET question
box. Winners were declared for
the best questions. ASSET
questions were used in the school
quiz to improve the ability to
handle analytical and application
oriented questions.
Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao
made a graffiti- chart on “Why I
like to do ASSET” where students
freely expressed their ideas, with
interesting thoughts like –“it helps
us think and our brains won’t get
rusted!”. Some students wrote an
imaginative poems about ASSET.
The efforts of the students were
appreciated and some poems
were chosen to be published in
the annual school magazine.
Delhi Public School, Bangalore
East organized ‘ASSET CIRCLE
TIME’ - where students sat in
circles on the floor in the
classroom and discussed the
previous years’ question papers
among themselves. These
interactions helped them to
have healthy debates while
solving a problem posed to
them.
Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan,
Bangalore, conducted meetings
for the discussion of teacher
sheets. They also conducted a
special session - a question from
last year’s ASSET paper was
selected, which most of the
students had misunderstood.
Students expressed how they
thought, teachers analyzed the
misconceptions and made a
report.
K PAT D h a r m a r a j N a d a r Rojapputhayammal Sivakasi Jaycees
Mat. Hr. Sec. School, Sivakasi formed
an ASSET committee in the school,
which takes care of all ASSET related
activitiesintheirschool.Theyarranged
‘Talent Quest’ programmes, in which
students participated with interest.
StudentsofclassesVIIIandIXcameout
with charts and models relating to the
various principles of science and
discusseditwithothers.
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The pre ASSET meeting though successful, left me with hundreds of questions
about the previous year's ASSET results and our standing in comparison with
our own school and schools across the nation. I rather found it difficult to
understand and compare our own results.
POST ASSET
But the presentation that your team member made exploded all the myths
and misconceptions I had. I really can assess my school's standing now. The
teachers too are very clear about the ways to overcome their hurdles in the
forthcoming years. I really am very satisfied with the POST ASSET ANALYSIS.
- S. Chitra Jeyanthi,
Jaycees, Sivakasi
Till last year whatever services were
offered by EI required the Principal
to take it ahead and proved to be
difficult because there were other
responsibilities that the Principal
had in the school.
Now with the model of a core team,
it will surely work and I am sure all
services will get used.
- Dr. Seethalakshmi
Amrita Vidyalayam, Chennai
We have got a positive response from
the parents and got the suggestion
that these kind of activities (ASSET
Week) should be done so that it will be
helpful to them in the future
competitive world. Also, it will make
their position strong and make them
confident. Some of them had also
demanded to make these kind of
activities compulsory as they are
helpful to improve critical thinking and
decision making.
- N. S. N. Matriculation Higher Sec. School,
Chitlapakkam, Chennai
The students are absolutely
delighted with the AQAD Questions
and they have begun to eagerly wait
for the question next day. Some of
them copy it down in their notebooks
as soon as it is pinned to the AQAD
board and are ready with the answer
before the teacher walks into the
classroom.
Surprises, dime a dozen, were there to
make the young and the not so young
think from the morning till evening and
later at home making everyone around
too excited with a question or two.
Students were thinking on their feet
and forgot the daily routine of even
wishing the teacher for the mind was
ticking away to ask a question or
answermanymore.
- St. Mary's J. N. P. School,
Navi Mumbai
- Sri Shenbaga Vinayagar Matriculation School,
Sivakasi
ASSET dovetails very well with
what the school offers in terms of
methodology and content. This is
what The Shri Ram Schools have
always done and now we have a
professional organisation that
offers similar standards.
- Ms Manika Sharma The Shri Ram School,
Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
We have received a positive
response from our children as
well as from their parents. We
are very thankful to ASSET for
providing wonderful mixing
of Joy & Knowledge.
- Rizvi Springfield School
Mumbai
The ASSET exam has worked very well for our school. Since it has been scientifically
designed, after a lot of research and is tailored for the Indian school system, it works
very well. However, unlike regular exams, it gives students a feel of what
international exams are like, since it follows a similar pattern- testing skills and
concepts, not merely book knowledge or rote memory! It also evaluates each
student individually, providing a complete analysis of their strengths and
weaknesses thus helping them realize their potential, while improving and bettering
the problem areas. Not only students, even school administrators have a clear
picture of school standards, since subject- wise, class-wise analysis is provided. Thus
raising the general academic level in the institution is made that much easier. It has
worked successfully for Vidyashram and students from Std III – X have proved to be
rathergoodatthistestingsystem.
- J Ajeeth Prasath Jain, Principal
Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram, Chennai
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SAMPLE
PARENT LETTER
Date: _________________
Dear Parents,
ASSET – A DIAGNOSTIC SKILL BASED ASSESSMENT
We are glad to inform you that Educational Initiatives (EI) – an Ahmedabad based research organisation, founded by a group of IIMAhmedabad alumni, is conducting a skill-based diagnostic assessment – ASSET. Over 2500 leading schools in India, Gulf and Singapore
have partnered with ASSET over the past 8 years. Our school is planning to participate in ASSET for all our students as it will give our
teachers detailed feedback along with a year-round school improvement program with specific ideas on helping our children in their
learning and our teachers in improving their teaching methods.
We would like ALL the students to participate from each class, so that the ASSET analysis can empower our teachers to consolidate
strength areas and improve on specific areas of weakness and misconceptions (common to all students of a particular grade).
The test is objective-multiple-choice type and the duration is between 45 minutes to an hour for each subject. No preparation is
required as the tests are based on what the students have already learnt in the classroom. The fee for the test is Rs 350 for English,
Maths and Science (Classes 3 to 10) and Rs 135 each for Hindi (Class 4 to 8) and Social Studies (Classes 5 to 10). This amount has been
added to the fee structure itself to facilitate collection of the fees.
It is also worth noting that Duke University (USA) which is one of the top 10 universities in the US has chosen performance in ASSET as
one of its pre-selection parameters for its Duke Talent Identification Program (Grades 7 and 8). Duke TIP will reserve the right to
choose schools and students and participation in ASSET does not mandate a pre-selection. More information is available on the Duke
TIP website at www.tip.duke.edu/india
Please visit www.ei-india.com for more information on how ASSET is helping children and schools across the country. We do look
forward to your continued support towards the initiatives taken by the school in helping our children learn better.
Yours truly,
Principal
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Student Personalised Booklet
(ASSET MyBook)
+
Test Generator for the full
school or Classes participating
in EMS for the year
+
AQAD via email
+
REP (2 visits)
+
Teacher Sheets (soft copy)
Student Personalised Booklet
(ASSET MyBook)
+
[Test Generator for the
full school or Classes
participating in EMS
for the year
+
AQAD via email
+
REP (2 visits)
+
Teacher Sheets (soft copy)]
OR
A Laptop worth Rs 25,000
Student Personalised Booklet
(ASSET MyBook)
+
Test Generator for the
full school or
Classes participating in
EMS for the year
+
AQAD via email
+
REP (2 visits)
+
Teacher Sheets (soft copy)
AND
A Laptop worth Rs 25,000
ADDITIONAL FREE
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UNDER EARLY BIRD WITH
30% ADVANCE BEFORE
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ICICI Bank account No. 006405000246 in any ICICI Bank branch in your city. Multi-city cheques and demand drafts must be drawn in favour of "Educational Initiatives
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We believe that student learning can be significantly improved only through systematic research into learning
which includes assessment, as well as areas like misconception research. The working paper series shares learnings
from various past and present EI projects as well as path-breaking work in these areas elsewhere in the world.
EI WORKING
PAPER SERIES
Working Paper 1 - ANNUAL STATUS OF STUDENT LEARNING
Background:
The Royal Education Council (REC), Bhutan partnered with Educational Initiatives Pvt. Ltd (EI) to
carry out the 'Annual Status of Student Learning (ASSL)', a large scale assessment study for the
school children of Bhutan.
Key Findings:
1. The level of learning of Bhutanese students is lower than average international levels as
represented by reputed international studies.
2. Children are learning certain basic concepts reasonably well, but there clearly are gaps in the
learning of intermediate concepts across subjects.
Working Paper 2 - STUDENT LEARNING IN THE METROS
Background:
How well are students in our 'top' schools learning? In order to try and understand this,
Educational Initiatives (EI) and Wipro Ltd. conducted a research study in the 5 metros – Mumbai,
Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore among the 30,000 students from 'top' 40 schools in 2006.
However the larger goal was to take a critical issue - the quality of student learning - and to try and
gain insights about it based, not on opinion or 'experience', but on hard data.
Key Findings
1. Students across classes answer rote-based or procedural questions relatively well. The flip
side of this, however, is that students seem to rely on memory or learnt procedures to answer
almost all questions, rather than trying to think through and solve the unfamiliar ones.
2. Students are learning in 'compartments', i.e. they may be aware of two pieces of information,
but often don’t know how they are related or how that relation works in a real life situation.
3. Apart from problems with learning strategies, a number of specific and clear 'common errors'
exist in the different subjects. Since they are widespread, it should not be difficult for
textbooks and teachers to specifically address these errors.
Working Paper 3 – A personalized adaptive learning system for students
Background:
Studies conducted by Educational Initiatives (EI) indicate that the problem of poor learning
standards affect almost all 'schools for the poor' – government-run as well as the so-called 'lowcost private schools.'The problem exists at two levels – one, students are often not developing
even the basic literacy skills like reading, counting, etc. Two, the little learning that happens
tends to be procedural or 'mechanical' learning – students are able to follow taught procedures
but have not understood the underlying concepts.
With the constant advancement in Technology, many e-learning solutions have been
introduced to achieve quality at scale, but in reality the e-learning solutions tend to be
technology-driven and educationally weak. We present here a solution – Mindspark - we
believe is educationally-rich and technology-supported.
It is a computer based, adaptive learning solution designed to allow the child to learn at her own pace and to serve, wherever
possible, to supplement, not replace classroom teaching. The system is currently being used for Maths learning and early results
have been very encouraging. A language Mindspark system is currently under development and trial.
Mindspark Impact
1. A comparison of the pre- and post-test scores in the Mumbai trials shows a statistically significant positive improvement in
student learning – an increase of over 34% on the existing learning base. The improvement in student scores in the Ratlam
project was to the tune of 90% on an extremely low learning base.
2. Thesystem'sadaptivelogicallowseachchildtoworkatherownpacereinforcingthechild'sconfidenceandinterestinthesubject.
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MindSpark: A unique computer-based self learning
program which uses questions of gradually increasing level
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concept - automatically adjusting itself to the need and
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ABOUT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES (EI)
EI is now recognized as the leading organization working in
the field of learning assessment in India and abroad. Its
vision is “A world where children everywhere are learning
with understanding”. The founding team of EI started and
ran Eklavya School in Ahmedabad for several years. This
experience and interactions with thousands of teachers,
parents and principals told us that learning is often being
equated today with marks in school tests and Board
Exams. ASSET is our vehicle to change that, not by
prescription, but by sharing information on what children
are really understanding, how they tackle unfamiliar
questions and indeed how well they are understanding.
We believe that these are the skills that will be of crucial
importance in the years to come. Based on our work in
ASSET and large scale assessments over the last seven
years, we have launched “Mindspark” in July, 2008 that
actually helps students and schools improve learning.
EI's team has experienced and dedicated teachers and
professionals with strong backgrounds in school education.
This background helps the team understand and implement
solutions that are based on actual needs of schools,
students and teachers.
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ASSET
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QUESTION - A - DAY
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National Question-Making Competition
TEACHER
SHEET
ASSETOnline: Internet-based version of ASSET that can
be taken at any time by students – available in 3 subjects
for classes 3-10; provides detailed analysis of students'
strength/weakness and benchmarking data with the
peer group.
ASSET Question-a-Day (AQAD): Sample ASSET
questions sent to students by email on every working
day so that they can test their understanding daily and
learn from the right answers given the next day;
available to all students taking ASSET.
ASSET Question Making Competition (QMC): An
annual competition for teachers at a national level to
encourage good question-making habits, sharing of
best practices and recognition of teachers and schools
with good question-making skills.
Teacher Sheet: Document made available 10 times a year
per class/subject to teachers in schools who take ASSET, to
highlight common misconceptions in Maths and Science
and identify problems in reading comprehension in English
– include reasons for asking the question, possible reasons
for wrong answers, the gaps in student learning and some
remedialmeasures.
Student Misconception videos: Research documents in
video-recorded format based on interviews with 2,500
students nationally on some basic concepts in Maths,
Science and English – providing insights into "how do our
children think?", jointly produced by EI and Wipro.
TEEP
Teacher Evaluation Program
BHUTAN
P R O J E C T
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WORKING PAPER SERIES
Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Program (TEEP): A
teacher observation based assessment program that
involves a team of experts from EI observing and analysing
the teaching process in a school. The objective is to offer
actionable feedback to teacher to enhance teacher
effectiveness in planning and execution.
Bhutan Project: The Royal Education Council has
engaged EI for three different projects - the Child
Tracking System, the Annual Status of Student Learning
and Teacher Needs Assessments. EI has also been given
a 5-year project to help Bhutan set up an Assessment
Institute.
Google Project: A first-of-its-kind project embarked upon
by EI with Google Org., to measure learning levels of
government school children across 21 Indian states. It is
an ambitious and complex exercise involving assessment
of student achievement in classes 4, 6 and 8 in about 15
languages.
Working paper series: We believe that significantly
improved student learning can happen only through
systematic research into learning which includes
assessment, as well as areas like misconception research.
The working paper series shares learnings from various past
and present EI projects as well as path-breaking work in
theseareaselsewhereintheworld.