Meritnation.com helps you gear up for new CBSE grading system!
Okay. So, the news is out that compulsory class X Board exams are soon going to be a thing of the past. With an aim to remove several anomalies from our existing evaluation and marking system and with an effort to bring about a paradigm shift from the existing system to a more effective pedagogy, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced a grading system in all CBSE schools from this year.
Class X board exams have been made optional from the coming academic year (2010-11). This means that the tens of thousand of students studying in class 10 need not burn midnight oil or get stressed over the ‘board exams’ in future. However, students do have an option to undergo “exam on demand” if they are interested. For competitive purposes or if a student wishes to change his/her school after class 10 he/she can opt for taking these exams.
In this new grading system, marks are replaced by grades that will be awarded after a Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) over the academic year. The academic term will be divided into two semesters each carrying both summative and formative assessments.
|
First Term (April-September) |
Marks weightage |
Second Term (October-March) |
Marks weightage |
| Formative Assessment-I | 10% | Formative Assessment-III | 10% |
| Formative Assessment-II | 10% | Formative Assessment-IV | 10% |
| Summative Assessment (End term evaluation)- 1 | 20% | Summative Assessment (End term evaluation)-2 | 40% |
Thus, formative Assessments will carry 40% marks and Summative Assessments will carry 60% marks in the overall weightage for an academic year.
Under this new grading system, students of class X will be evaluated on a 9-point grading system. Each grade, given on the basis of both formative and summative assessments, will correspond to the range of marks scored in those assessments.
| Marks Range | Grade | Grade Point |
| 91-100 | A1 | 10.0 |
| 81-90 | A2 | 9.0 |
| 71-80 | B1 | 8.0 |
| 61-70 | B2 | 7.0 |
| 51-60 | C1 | 6.0 |
| 41-50 | C2 | 5.0 |
| 33-40 | D | 4.0 |
| 21-32 | E1 | – |
| 20 and below |
E2 | – |
The grading procedure will award qualifying certificates to students who obtain the qualifying grade i.e. Grade D and above. The evaluation will be done subject-wise and the grades will also be awarded on the performance of the student in each subject. Students securing less than the qualifying grade will have to improve their performance through successive attempts (up to a maximum of five attempts) in that particular subject alone. This is a much awaited effort by CBSE to eliminate the age old system of pass and fail wherein students were given just one chance to improve their performance. The subject-wise percentile score of the students will be provided to the school on demand, however the same will not be visible on the report card.
Meritnation.com has always acknowledged the role of formative assessments or an assessment system linked with immediate feedback that helps to identify and provide information in order to effectively correct learning deficiencies. The Intelligent Learning System of meritnation.com is a formative system of assessment that has been developed keeping this end in mind. This system helps a student to arrive at his/her current level of learning and identifies the gaps that exist therein. With corrective feedback and study material directed to his/her unique learning needs, it attempts to fill those gaps.
Meritnation.com exists to make students’ lives easier. Meritnation.com has aligned its grading and evaluation system to that of CBSE. Thus, the grades that you will receive after taking any test on meritnation.com will reflect the 9-point grading system as announced by CBSE. So, practice everyday on meritnation.com and gear up for the real thing!
Good Luck!
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26 comments October 21st, 2009