Category Archives: ASSET
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Using Student Skipped Responses to Detect if a Test Paper is too Long
ASSET is a skill-based test that measures students' conceptual understanding and benchmarks the performance of schools nationally with actionable insights and reports. Students get [...] -
Can Kids Learn To Code Without Computers?
“What is coding?” I asked the girls of Gurukulam Tribal Welfare School in Hyderabad. "Umm..something to do with computers?" a doubtful voice muttered from the corner. "It's like a [...] -
Bringing Process Skills to Science Classrooms
There is science all around us. Yet, understanding the whys and hows of various scientific processes (like why certain things sink while others float) is perhaps one of the most [...] -
The RESET – A true story of ASSET’s influence on a teacher
By the year 2017, I had established myself as a full-time mathematics faculty in one of Hyderabad’s most prestigious schools. One day, the school announced the launch of a diagnostic [...] -
Using Research to Drive Instructional Design
There is an urgent need for literacy instruction and activities to enable efficient learning, especially in young, disadvantaged learners. Why young learners? Research in literacy [...] -
Early Years Children Performance in Letter Recognition
In the last two years, school education has been impacted worldwide. Although, learning was not ceased despite schools being shut; the percentage of children living in learning poverty [...] -
Technology-Enhanced Items: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Assessments
Over the last decade, technology has improved exponentially. Technology continues to impact our lives positively in many ways. From shopping to ordering food, to banking to making [...] -
AQAD (ASSET-Question-A-Day)- Daily Questions for Better Learning
For children, a test question usually brings about a sense of dread and anxiety, as it acts as a tool of assessment, making them rely on their ability to memorize to be able to respond [...] -
How To Create A World-Class Education System: Ei Dialogues With Andreas Schleicher
In a recent episode of Ei Dialogues, Sridhar Rajagopalan spoke to Andreas Schleicher, Director at the Directorate for Skills and Education at the OECD. A champion of a scientific [...] -
Making Learning Standards and Assessments Frameworks Useful
It is sometimes said that having a clear list of grade-wise learning outcomes is a critical part of improving learning levels in India. These, it is said, serve as clear goals and are [...]