EXTERNAL ASSESSMENTS
Gyan Shala learns from various education experts as well as best practices from the world and ensures implementation through its team of around 1500 people including teachers, field supervisors and designers cum managers. Although Gyan Shala classes are held in slum settings, it follows best classroom transactions such as whole class teaching, small group activities for peer learning and self-learning through daily workbooks. Gyan Shala strives to improve its practices by involving credible agencies to rate various organizational processes with a focus on students’ achievements.
Gyan Shala facilitates external program and student assessments by reputed agencies periodically to establish the effectiveness of the program and to make necessary on-course corrections. Gyan shala children performed on par or better then, India’s best CBSE schools, as per credible independent assessments by Educational Initiatives (EI–India), CfBT Trust – UK and DFID,UK .
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS
Education Initiatives conducted ASSET assessments of Gyan Shala students in Grades 3, 5 and 7 for the period 2009-18 which enables comparison of the performance with those in leading CBSE schools. ASSET tests are considered a good benchmark as they are taken by more than 15,000 students of 500 schools every year in each grade (grade 3, 5 and 7).
Results of ASSET of Gyan Shala students in Ahmedabad centres for 2012-17 are as below:
| Subject | Grade | Mar ’17 | Mar ’16 | Mar ’15 | Mar ’14 | Mar ’13 | Mar ’12 |
| Maths | 3 | 1013 | 689 | 1126 | 1079 | 1189 | 1016 |
| EVS | 3 | 1039 | 714 | 1126 | 1079 | 1189 | 298 |
| Language | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 185 |
| Maths | 5 | 355 | 528 | 522 | 464 | 259 | 1016 |
| EVS | 5 | 302 | 452 | 522 | 464 | 259 | 298 |
| Language | 5 | 321 | 601 | 512 | 480 | 237 | 297 |
| Maths | 7 | 237 | 298 | 332 | 183 | 104 | 185 |
| EVS | 7 | 260 | 262 | 332 | 183 | 104 | 185 |
| Language | 7 | 227 | 296 | 327 | 184 | 100 | 184 |
Detailed ASSET results of Gyan Shala Ahmedabad students for 2016-17 are as follows:
| Class | Subject | No. of Students tested | Gyan Shala (Gujarat) | ASSET | Difference with ASSET | ||||
| Average (%) | SD | Average Scaled Score | Average (%) | SD | Average Scaled Score | ||||
| 3 | Maths | 1013 | 41.4 | 17.8 | 475 | 46.8 | 14.7 | 500 | -25 |
| 3 | EVS | 1039 | 46.6 | 18.4 | 464 | 54 | 15.5 | 500 | -36 |
| 5 | Maths | 255 | 39.4 | 16.3 | 472 | 44.6 | 15.9 | 500 | -28 |
| 5 | EVS | 302 | 39.7 | 11.7 | 456 | 54 | 15.5 | 500 | -44 |
| 5 | Language | 321 | 36.3 | 18.8 | 427 | 55.3 | 6.9 | 500 | -73 |
| 7 | Maths | 337 | 29.3 | 8.4 | 452 | 36.2 | 11.8 | 500 | -48 |
| 7 | Science | 260 | 26.5 | 7.2 | 425 | 36.1 | 12 | 500 | -75 |
| 7 | Language | 227 | 46.3 | 19.8 | 491 | 48.2 | 14.1 | 500 | -9 |
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| -150 & Below | -150 to -50 | -50 to 50 | 50 to 150 | 150 & Above |
| Very Far from ASSET | Far from ASSET | Close to ASSET | Slightly better than ASSET | Better than ASSET |
Progress in the subjects of Math and Science (EVS) in both primary and middle schools (in addition to Language) was seen as satisfactory in the context of our goal to match children’s performance in India’s elite schools, represented by ASSET average score.
GyanShala AGP Program Report 1
Detailed reports of student assessments for the period 2009-2018 can be accessed at:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1COuvLdx6oLT6_UNQgKnz6e4f_aY_gzPi
The performance of Gyan Shala children in the ASSET test over 2009-18 confirms that Gyan Shala is able to achieve comparable or better results consistently in Elementary program (Grade 3 evaluation) as well as the Middle school program (Grade 5 and Grade 7 evaluation) at a much lower per child cost ( INR 3000 to 6000 per child annually).
Other Reports: