Criterion-based assessment
In Japanese: 観点別評価 (kantenbetsu hyoka)
Definition
Criterion-based assessment (kantenbetsu hyoka) grades each subject on separate criteria, such as knowledge and skills, on a three-level A/B/C scale.
In more detail
In the cumulative record, learning in each subject is recorded per criterion as A (fully satisfactory), B (broadly satisfactory) or C (needs effort).
Under the current Course of Study the three criteria are knowledge and skills; thinking, judgement and expression; and an independent attitude to learning.
These criterion grades underlie the overall grade (hyotei) for each subject. High schools also assess each subject by criterion.
In Classio
In Classio, teachers enter the three criteria as A, B or C for each class they teach, and the results feed report cards and cumulative records.
See also
Related terms
- Overall grade
An overall grade (hyotei) sums up learning in a subject against the Course of Study goals and expresses it as a numbered level.
- Report card
A report card (tsuchihyo) is a document each school makes to tell pupils and parents how learning and attendance went in a term or year.
- Cumulative record
A cumulative record (shido yoroku) records a pupil’s enrollment and the course and results of their education; school law requires the principal to keep one.