Educational quality: Online assessment under way
Project is executed in collaboration with TeleTaleem and aims to develop a crowd-sourcing platform for assessments
ISLAMABAD:
The National ICT Research and Development Fund is executing an online assessment programme to improve the entire basic education system – from primary to secondary and beyond – in terms of quality enhancement. The project, entitled Development and Assessment of Crowd-sourcing based Assessment System, is being executed in collaboration with TeleTaleem and aims to develop a crowd-sourcing platform for assessments based on international standards. Other objectives are to conduct an empirical study to determine whether or not teachers in Pakistan are able to crowd-source quality questions based on learning outcomes stated in the national curriculum, and to specify recommendations for the subsequent full-scale deployment of such a system based on insights gained from the model. The Fund said the proposed model will also incorporate constraints specific to Pakistan as a survey instrument based on the proposed model will be developed.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2014.
The National ICT Research and Development Fund is executing an online assessment programme to improve the entire basic education system – from primary to secondary and beyond – in terms of quality enhancement. The project, entitled Development and Assessment of Crowd-sourcing based Assessment System, is being executed in collaboration with TeleTaleem and aims to develop a crowd-sourcing platform for assessments based on international standards. Other objectives are to conduct an empirical study to determine whether or not teachers in Pakistan are able to crowd-source quality questions based on learning outcomes stated in the national curriculum, and to specify recommendations for the subsequent full-scale deployment of such a system based on insights gained from the model. The Fund said the proposed model will also incorporate constraints specific to Pakistan as a survey instrument based on the proposed model will be developed.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2014.