Failure of frequent assessment: An evaluation of India's continuous and comprehensive evaluation program

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Berry, James; Kannan, Harini; Mukherji, Shobhini; Shotland, Marc
• 署名单位: University of Delaware
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102406
• 发表日期: 2020
• 关键词: Education policy; Continuous assessment; field experiments

摘要

Continuous assessment programs, which emphasize frequent evaluation over infrequent high-stakes testing, have been implemented in many developing countries as a way to improve learning outcomes. In India, continuous assessment is mandated in all public primary schools through the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) Program. We conduct a randomized evaluation of CCE in the state of Haryana. We find that CCE had no significant effects on test scores, and we can rule out effects above 0.1 standard deviations. We present evidence that the lack of impacts was due to the program's focus on evaluation without linking evaluations to changes in teaching practices.