1. Welcome to Orientation
Class – IX
The presentation aims at running you through the important features of the scheme of study for Class IX and X . The presentation will be available on school website , so you need not note down every point. Please feel free to clarify and ask any question .

2. ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT FOR CLASSES IX & X WILL BE BASED ON CCE or
CONTINUOUS COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
The entire academic pattern will be based like in earlier classes on CCE or Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation but it will have a design fixed by CBSE. As the name suggests the students are going to be assessed not just on the basis of one end of term examination but through a continous process.
It is going to be comprehensive as it is not just covering the academic progress of a student but also his all round development.
All this again will be evaluated by using a variety of techniques.

3. Continuous and Comprehensive evaluation
refers to a system of school based assessment
that covers all aspects of a student’s
development
It emphasizes two fold objectives.
Continuity in evaluation and assessment of broad based
learning.
Behavioural outcome.

4. FEATURES OF CCE CONTINUOUS
Continual—from the beginning and during the instructional
process
Periodicity—frequency /term

5. Comprehensive Scholastic - Subject specific areas. Co-Scholastic –
Life Skills, Work Experience ,Visual and
Performing Arts and Attitudes, Values and
other Co Curricular activities
Includes a variety of tools and techniques
for assessment of the learners.

6. Summative Assessment I & II
AREAS OF ASSESSMENT
Scholastic and Co-Scholastic
Scholastic
PART 1
Formative I , II , III , IV
Summative Assessment I & II

7. Hindi / Sanskrit / French
Scholastic 1
SUBJECT WISE
ASSESSMENT
English
Math
Science
Social Science
Hindi / Sanskrit / French

8. CLASS IX & X An academic year will have 2 terms - FIRST TERM
April to September
SECOND TERM
October to March
Syllabus for each subject will be divided in to two terms. Although syllabus tested in first term will not be tested again but application of some concepts may be required in the second term.

9. Term I Term 2 CCE at Secondary level in CBSE schools FA (1) 10%
Each term will have two formative assessments &
one summative assessment in each subject.
Term I
FA (1) 10%
FA (2) 10%
SA (1) 30%
Term 2
FA (3) 10%
FA (4) 10%
SA (2) 30%

10. April – July July- Sept Sept Oct –Dec Dec- Mar PSA Mar FA1 FA2 SA1 FA3
Assessment Design
April –
July
July- Sept
Sept
Oct –Dec
Dec- Mar
PSA
Mar
FA1
FA2
SA1
FA3
FA4
SA2
10%
30%
FINAL Assessment- FA1+ FA2+ FA3+ FA4
= 40%
SA1+ SA2
= 60%

11. Term I - (April 14 – Sept. 14)
Term II- (Oct. 14 – March 15)
Formative Assessment I (FA I)
a) Paper-Pen Test : 35
b) Activity based Assessment : 10+5
Formative Assessment III (FAIII)
Formative Assessment II
(FA II)
a) Activity Based Assessment : 10+10
b) Project/ Lab Activity : 15
c) Notebook Assessment: 5
Formative Assessment IV
(FA IV)
English / Hindi ,Mathematics, Science and Social Science - Problem Solving Assessment – conducted by CBSE
Sankrit/ French - Activity Based Assessment : , Project/ Lab Activity : 15 Notebook Assessment: 5
Summative I
English -
ASL – 20 marks,
Pen & Paper test – 70 marks
Science, Math, Social Sc, Hindi/Sans/Fr
Pen & Paper test – 90 marks
Summative II
ASL – 20 marks
Science, Math, Social Sc ,Hindi/ Sans/Fr Pen & Paper test – 90 marks

12. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT (FA)
Will comprise of :
Class work
Homework/ Educosoft
Oral questions
Quizzes
Projects
Assignments/Tests
Role Play
Seminar
Group Discussions
Presentations
Movie making

13. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT(SA) Will be End of Term Examination
Summative Assessment –I in September (TERM-I)
Summative Assessment –II in March (TERM-II)
Curriculum and syllabus as circulated by the Board.
Question papers will be sent by CBSE. Schools also have a
choice to make their own question papers as per CBSE
guidelines.
Exams will be conducted by schools.
Evaluation of Answer scripts will be done within the school.

14. Operational Modalities 1
Performance will be assessed using conventional
numerical marking and these will be converted into
grades.
Grades will be awarded on a 9 point scale.
The CBSE will issue a statement of Subject wise
performance i.e. Grade Sheet (NO MARKS) at the
end of class X.

15. NINE POINT GRADING SCALE
Marks
Grade
Grade Point
91—100
A 1
10.0
81- 90 A2
9.0
71-80
B 1
8.0
61-70
B 2
7.0
51-60
C 1
6.0
41- 50
C 2
5.0
33-40 D
4.0
21-32
E 1
----
20 & below
E 2
The qualifying grade
in each subject under
Scholastic Area A
shall be minimum
Grade D

16. Operational Modalities 2
The CCE card will apply in all the CBSE
schools across the country for admission
into class XI.
In addition, schools can have their own
criteria for admission to class XI.
Students will be promoted on the basis
of both Formative and Summative
assessments, both of which are mandatory.
A minimum of 25% marks of have to be scored in SA I & II. (Overall 33%)

17. AREAS OF ASSESSMENT (CONTD)...
Co-Scholastic Areas
PART 2
2A( Life Skills)
Thinking Skills
Social Skills
Emotional Skills

18. Visual and Performing Arts (Part 2C)
Painting and drawing
Dance
Music (Indian & Western)
Theatre

19. 2D (Attitudes & Values) PART 2 Attitude Towards Teachers
Attitude Towards School-Mates
Attitude Towards School
Programmes and Environment
Value Systems

20. Co-Scholastic Areas 2B WORK EDUCATION
The indicators of assessments are as follows:
Has a collaborative approach towards the process of learning.
Is innovative in ideas.
Plans and adheres to timelines.
Is involved and motivated.
Demonstrates a positive attitude.
Is helpful, guides and facilitates others.
Demonstrates an understanding of correlation with real life
situations.
Has a step by step approach to solving a problem.
Has a clear understanding of outcome to be generated.
Is able to apply theoretical knowledge into practical usage.

21. PART 3 3B 3A Literary & Creative Skills
Organisational and Leadership Skills 3B
Sports
NSS

22. GRADE GRADE RANGE GRADE POINT
ASSESSMENT OF CO-SCHOLASTIC AREAS
WILL BE DONE ON A FIVE POINT SCALE
GRADE
GRADE RANGE
GRADE POINT A
4.1-5 5 B 4 C 3 D 2 E
0.1-1 1

23. Evaluating Co- Scholastic Areas
Anecdotal Records
An anecdotal record is the observed
behaviour of a student.
It is a record of some significant episode that
happened in the life of the student and which
sheds light on the conduct, thinking, skills and
capabilities, revealing significant features
and characteristics about his/her personality.
Date : 20 / 3/ Manik Sharma
He picked up the newspaper lying on the floor and stacked it with other papers
on the cup- board.

24. Portfolio
It is the collection of evidence of a student’s work over a period of time.
It could be day-to-day work or selection
of the learner’s best piece of work.

25. Certificates of Merit/ Achievements Paintings and other examples of
PORTFOLIO CAN INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
Photographs
Certificates of Merit/ Achievements
Paintings and other examples of
artistic endeavour
Audio-Video Recordings (CD)
Self Assessment Sheets
Peer Assessment Sheets
Teacher Assessment Sheets
Any kind of Literary work
Interests and hobbies
Write up on social work done by
the student

26. Importance of Co Scholastic Grades

27. b) Those students who get total grade points in the
Based on grades obtained by a student in Co-Scholastic areas he/she can be upscaled in one or two subjects.
Those Students who get total grade points in co-scholastic areas/ activities in the range may benefit by getting upgraded to the next higher grade in two subjects in scholastic areas.
b) Those students who get total grade points in the
range 40-52, may benefit by getting upgraded to the
next higher grade in one subject in scholastic area.
c) Upscaling will be done from lowest grade to next
higher grade and so on.
d) E2 grade will not be upscaled.

28. Each area in Life Skills has ten indicators which are valued out of 5 marks and the total scored is then divided by ten to attain the grade point
For Example
If a child scores 35 marks in thinking skill, his/her grade will be B and Grade point will be 3.5
Similarly all other areas are assessed in marks and then converted into grade and grade point.
The maximum grade point a student can attain is 65.

29. Introduction of Value based questions
New Features
Introduction of Value based questions
With effect from the academic session students are assessed in all major subjects for upto 5 marks at the Summative Assessment level in Classes IX and X, through questions which will be integrated with the content of the subject and analysed on the basis of the values it reflects.
With the aim of strengthening the values enshrined in the constitution , CBSE has introduced value education.

30. ASSESSMENT OF SPEAKING AND LISTENING SKILLS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
UNDER CCE, CBSE HAS INTRODUCED A NEW KIND OF TEST FROM
AS PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT CBSE IS TESTING STUDENTS’ LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS FOR 20 MARKS
THE MAIN LANGUAGE PAPER IS OF 70 MARKS
THESE TESTS ARE A PART OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS ( SA1 and SA2)
Recognising good communication skills as the need of the hour , CBSE has introduced ASL in English language . Both Listening and Speaking are important skills that one needs in this global world. Listening and Speaking are also inter connected , if one listens well then only one will be able to communicate. Although these skills will be enhanced during the learning process , testing will be done at the end of term one and term two. ASL grade will be also separately reflected in the final report card.

31. Problem Solving Assessment
A) With effect from Session , CBSE has introduced
Problem Solving Assessment for Class IX .
B) There is no specific syllabus for `Problem Solving Assessment’
C) It will assess the Life Skills relating to following areas:-
Quantitative Reasoning
Qualitative Reasoning
Language Conventions
D) •Language Conventions : includes different aspects of
written communication (e.g. grammar, vocabulary etc.)
Qualitative Reasoning : includes the reasoning seen in the
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Quantitative Reasoning : includes the kinds of reasoning
found in Mathematics and Science
One of the most important skill that the students need in 21 st century is Problem Solving and higher order thinking skills. Throughout the year during the learning process the effort will be made by all the teachers to enhance this skill in the students . PSA will be a Muliple choice paper with three components. Language conventions; Qualitative reasoning and Quantitative reasoning.

32. The `Problem Solving Assessment’ will be counted towards
FA-4 which is 10% of total assessments of Class IX.
This assessment will also be carried forward towards the
FA-4 in Class X.
The score will be reflected in one Language (English or
Hindi), Mathematics, Science and Social Science
The students will have the option to improve their PSA Score
in Class X, as they can sit for the test with Class IX students
of the next session.
The best scores will be reflected in the final certificate in
case of those applying for improvement.

33. OPEN TEXT BASED ASSESSMENT
WITH EFEECT FROM SESSION
CBSE HAS INTRODUCED
OPEN TEXT BASED ASSESSMENT
IN CLASS IX IN ALL SUBJECTS (EXCEPT
SANSKRIT & FRENCH)
Open Text based assessment was introduced as a part of Summative Assessment II this year. CBSE supplied the material which was read and discussed by the students in class. The tried to connect the facts to a new situation and thus once again the aim was to develop higher order thinking skills. Question given for test will not be directly from the text . The aim of the test is to check the ability of the student to comprehend , analyse and interpret the given situation and come out with solutions or suggestions. As the material will be provided along with the paper they do not have to memorise the text and thus it will not increase the syllabus.

34. There is no Board Examination at the Secondary(Class X) level w. e. f
There is no Board Examination at the Secondary(Class X) level w.e.f for students studying in the schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary and who do not wish to move out of the CBSE system after Class X.

35. www.cbse.nic.in www.cbseacademic.in IMPORTANT WEB SITES FOR REFERENCE
To begin with , I will like to give you two important links that will provide you any clarification required by you and the latest changes that are introduced by CBSE. School will also be informing you about the latest changes through circulars but you must also visit these links for sample papers, curriculum etc.