From Class I onwards, we introduce a system of Class Assessment, slowly acclimatizing students to write examinations.

At Oxford World School, we follow a system of continuous multi-disciplinary assessment, which could be formal or informal. We also follow a differentiated system of assessment to cater to the varied needs of children. OWS has been, and will continue taking initiatives to make education competency based. It focuses on the student’s demonstration of desired learning outcomes as central to the learning process. Therefore, the focus is on measuring learning through attainment of prescribed learning outcomes, rather than on measuring time.

Experiential and active learning are the best pedagogies for CBE. The School advocated introduction of Experiential Learning as mandatory pedagogy to promote critical thinking, creativity and effective study skills among students. OWS has also displayed the Learning Outcomes approach developed by NCERT for classes I-VIII and encouraged the educators to direct their teaching-learning in the light of these outcomes.

The child seeking entry into Oxford World School is evaluated on his/her skills and abilities in order to determine the level in comparison to the expectation of the class into which admission is sought. This helps the teacher to modulate the classroom transaction in order to meet the child’s needs. With the firm belief that education touches the mind as well as the being and each influences the other, information regarding each student is collected, considering their ability to apply knowledge, their learning process and how they conduct themselves in different situations. These findings form the basis of a continuous feedback process to the student and parents. A systematic follow up Programme is built around these evaluations, be it on the scholastic, co-scholastic or value/attitudinal front.

We recognize that the larger objective of the Academic Programme is to open minds and steer a child towards critical thinking and application. To this end, we administer assessments that are generated by our educators, keeping in mind the acceptable academic levels globally. Children experiment through and find their feet, thus honing critical life skills and sharpening their academic prowess. The curriculum is therefore designed to ensure that children are in a state of perpetual academic readiness.

Tasks could be varied within a class, homework, class work, projects, presentations- each lends to assessment, projecting a different aspect of the child’s learning. Much of the assessment conducted is diagnostic, but we also take Formative & summative assessments as per the Academic Planner.