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COVID-19 Impact: Transforming Educational Assessments<\/h2>\n

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education industry was one of the most impacted industries; millions of students from all over the world could not learn in their usual classrooms.\u00a0 Needless to say, large-scale educational assessment programs like the JEE or NEET also had to be suspended. <\/span><\/p>\n

We have to acknowledge that the long\u2010lasting pandemic situation has an unparalleled sway on our education system. While online learning has evolved like never before, large-scale educational assessment programs need to adapt to this new scenario while ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the assessment process. <\/span><\/p>\n

In different disciplines, professionals have conducted wide discussions about school teaching and education assessment, which not only focus on applying education information technologies, but also on reforming assessment theories, examination systems and evaluation techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Indian context, it can be stated that the COVID-19 pandemic caused the most significant hindrance to the country\u2019s progress in education and more specifically in the primary education sector, since the passing of the Right to Education Act in 2009. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>UNESCO<\/span><\/a><\/span>,<\/span> school closures during the pandemic affected around 320 million children in India. The lack of adequate logistics and framework for conducting examinations remotely for students finishing their primary education has resulted in many students not officially completing their high school curriculum and losing time as they seek to pursue higher education.<\/span><\/p>\n

A National Assessment survey, 2021<\/a> <\/span>was conducted among students of more than one lakh in 720 districts<\/b> which shows a\u00a0 decline in the performance of students in all the subjects. According to an ASER report<\/a>,<\/span> 90% of children between grades 2-6 have lost at least one language ability and 80% have lost at least one math ability from the previous year.<\/p>\n

These circumstances during the pandemic have highlighted the necessity to employ online assessment tools and techniques while eliminating their shortcomings. However, the country’s digital divide<\/a><\/span> was a big blow for underserved students and to the affordable private schools where one out of four parents don\u2019t have smartphones or proper internet access.<\/p>\n

School closures during the pandemic affected around 320 million children in India<\/b><\/p>\n

Also Read: <\/span>Measures schools need to ensure children are engaged, connected, challenged and happy in classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Challenges in Assessing Students’ Performance<\/h2>\n

Many modern education assessment theories and techniques are developed based on the education practices<\/a><\/span> in western countries. However, education in India and other developing countries has its distinct characteristics.<\/p>\n

How can students\u2019 performance be accurately assessed? And how can personalized teaching resources be created based on the assessment? Since the schools have already opened\u00a0 across India, few things need to be done on a large scale:<\/p>\n