New Delhi: With Board exams being made optional from the academic year 2010-11, a new system of evaluation Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) based on grades has been approved. It comprises formative and summative assessment of the student to be done over two terms first and second during the year-long academic calendar.

 

Formative Assessment

To evaluate and grade class work, homework, assignment and project work

1. There will be two evaluations each in the first and second terms

2. Each evaluation will carry 10 marks apiece

Summative Assessment

Based on the term-end examination

1 There will be one term-end exam for each term

2 The first term-end exam will carry 20 marks

3 The second term-end exam will carry 40 marks

EVALUATION

Students of class IX and 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 a range of marks as indicated below:

A1 95 and above

A2 90 to 94

A3 85 to 89

B1 80 to 84

B2 70 to 79

C1 60 to 69

C2 50 to 59

C3 33 to 49

D Less than 33

source: TOI