Alignment of Assessments Items with Curriculum Objectives for Science at Elementary Level
Abstract
The main objective of the study was to analyze alignment of assessments by the Punjab Examination Commission with the National Curriculum objectives for Science at Elementary level. Web Alignment Tool – WAT (version 2) was used to find the alignment, using four areas of alignment i.e., categorical concurrences, depth of knowledge, range of knowledge, and balance representation. Three experts were taken purposively (with at least four years of teaching science at elementary level and holding at least an MPhil degree in Education). They were trained and the researcher worked as the group leader. It was found that 52% SLOs were on DOK level 1, and 26% SLOs were on DOK level 2. Therefore, level 3 and level 4 are not being worked on. Out of 118 SLOs, 81 SLOs were not targeted in PEC test which can be rated very poor alignment between test items and curriculum objectives.
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