CCE Manual VI - VIII - CBSE

Continuous and Comprehensive EvaluationManual for TeachersThus assessment is a useful, desirable and an enabling process. To realizethis, one needs to keep the following parameters in mind.Assessment needs to:• Use a variety of ways to collect information about the learner’slearning and progress in all subjects• Collect information continuously and record the same• Give importance to each learner’s way of responding and learningand time it takes to do so• Report on a continuous basis and be sensitive to every learner’sresponse• Provide feedback that will lead to positive action and help thelearner to do betterIn the assessment process, one should be careful NOT to:• Label learners as slow, poor, intelligent etc.• Make comparisons between them• Make negative statementsContinuous and Comprehensive EvaluationContinuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) refers to a system ofschool based evaluation of a student that covers all aspects of a studentdevelopment. It is a developmental process of student which emphasizeson two fold objectives. These objectives are continuity in evaluation andassessment of broad based learning and behaviourial outcomes on theother.The term ‘continuous’ is meant to emphasise that evaluation of identifiedaspects of students ‘growth and development’ is a continuous processrather than an event, built into the total teaching-learning process andspread over the entire span of academic session. It means regularity ofassessment, frequency of unit testing, diagnosis of learning gaps, use ofcorrective measures, retesting and feedback of evidence to teachers andstudents for their self evaluation.7