2010 Kravis Prize winner Pratham, one of India’s largest NGOs committed to educating underprivileged children, is constantly innovating in order to improve education in India.

In a recent posting on the Friends of Pratham blog, Namrta Kaushal addresses the question, “How well is every child learning?” and explores the tools Pratham has developed to assess children’s educational attainment.

Pratham recognizes the need for educational assessments to promote greater understanding of academic performance and achievement.

The program asserts that finding out, on an ongoing basis, what a child knows and can do, helps parents and teachers decide how to pose new challenges and provide children strategic guidance.

Namrta Kaushal writes:

“There is an increasing pressure on the average primary school teacher, especially with large, overcrowded classes of pupils with varying abilities and languages. Understandably it can be difficult for the teacher to flag a child’s difficulties.”

With the goal of assessing the learning level of children, Pratham Delhi Education Initiative conducted about 20 ‘Assessment Melas’ (Sanskrit for “gatherings”) across Delhi this October.

source: http://www.claremontmckenna.edu / Blog / by Kravis Prize / October 29th, 2012