Reflections on School Based Evaluation: Policy Perspectives and Researches

Abstract

Evaluation is an important part of school curriculum, which aims at giving feedback to the students for improving their performance. However, there have been changes in the curriculum from time to time, this implies a parallel modification in the evaluation practices also. In India, there have been recommendations given by various educational commissions and committees, for reforming evaluation or examination patterns. The implementation of these reforms should be supported by research studies, so that the advantages and drawbacks of these reforms can be found at a small scale on experimental basis and then the strategies for removing the drawbacks are made, such that the effective implementation of the reforms can be done on the large scale. So, it is important to find out the role of research studies in implementation of exam reforms as given by various educational committees and commissions at different time periods and the lacking points therein. However, critical review of the research studies in the light of the recommendations given by the educational commissions at different time periods would not only help in finding out the good practices and loopholes in the studies during that period but will also help in developing the insight for future reforms. This paper is a humble effort to reflect on the research findings from the researches mentioned in the educational surveys, on school based evaluation in comparison with the recommendations given by educational commissions and committees like Secondary Education Commission (1952–53), Education Commission (1963–64), National Policy on Education (1986), Plan Of Action (1992), National curriculum Framework (2000) and National Curriculum Framework (2005) for exam reforms and evaluation practices.