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Competency-Based Assessment

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Overview

Competency-based learning aims at demonstrable skills and understanding (competencies) rather than memorised content, measured against learning outcomes.

Key points

NEP 2020 calls for a shift to competency-based education and assessment.
NCERT published class-wise learning outcomes in 2017.
PARAKH is the national assessment centre set up under NEP 2020.
Students progress after mastering competencies, not just by time spent.
Assessment uses application-based tasks, not rote recall.
Competencies combine knowledge, skills and attitudes.

Explanation

Rubrics describe levels of competency.
Teachers use diagnostic data to target gaps.
Board exams are being redesigned to test core competencies.
Foundational literacy and numeracy are the first competencies.
Competency-based learning supports individual pacing.

Step by step

Identify the concept or theory the situation is testing.
Recall the thinker, principle or policy behind it.
Prefer options that are child-centred, inclusive and evidence-based; reject punitive or rote options.

Examples

A maths question asks students to calculate the cost of tiling a room → applying area.
A language task asks students to write a complaint letter → functional writing competency.
A teacher regroups students who have not mastered place value for extra practice → mastery approach.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Treating it as more tests.
Trap: Testing recall instead of application.
Trap: Ignoring learning outcomes.

Quick revision

NEP 2020 competency shift.
Learning outcomes 2017.
PARAKH.

Practice MCQs

Competency-based assessment mainly tests —
1. memorised facts
2. application of knowledge and skills
3. handwriting
4. attendance
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Answer: (b) application of knowledge and skills. It checks whether learners can apply what they know.
NEP 2020 recommends a shift to —
1. only oral tests
2. rote-based board exams
3. competency-based education and assessment
4. removing all assessment
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Answer: (c) competency-based education and assessment. NEP 2020 calls for competency-based learning and assessment.
PARAKH is India’s —
1. teacher union
2. national assessment centre
3. school feeding scheme
4. textbook board
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Answer: (b) national assessment centre. PARAKH was set up under NEP 2020 to set assessment standards.
NCERT published class-wise learning outcomes in —
1. 2023
2. 2005
3. 2017
4. 2020
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Answer: (c) 2017. Learning outcomes were published in 2017.
Calculating the cost of tiling a room tests the competency of —
1. recall of the formula only
2. applying area in a real situation
3. spelling
4. drawing
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Answer: (b) applying area in a real situation. It requires applying area to a real problem.
Rubrics in competency-based assessment describe —
1. only marks out of 100
2. attendance
3. fees
4. levels of performance
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Answer: (d) levels of performance. Rubrics describe levels of competency.
Writing a complaint letter tests which competency?
1. functional writing
2. memory of grammar rules only
3. reading speed
4. listening
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Answer: (a) functional writing. It assesses using language for a real purpose.
In competency-based learning, students progress when they —
1. are oldest
2. pay fees
3. spend fixed time only
4. master the competency
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Answer: (d) master the competency. Progress is based on mastery, not just time.
Board exams under NEP 2020 are meant to test —
1. months of coaching
2. core competencies
3. only memory
4. handwriting
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Answer: (b) core competencies. NEP 2020 redesigns board exams to test core competencies.
Which item is MOST competency-based?
1. Explain why a plant kept in the dark turns yellow
2. List three parts of a leaf
3. Write the full form of DNA
4. Define photosynthesis
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Answer: (a) Explain why a plant kept in the dark turns yellow. Explaining a real observation applies understanding; the others are recall.