What is to be measured: knowledge alone or also other skills and abilities?
The specification grid (exam’ s matrix), published in the syllabi booklet, defines the content of the examination and its question papers. It ensures that the importance placed on each topic is in accordance with the syllabi and, hence, the curriculum. The form of specification grid has two dimensions: topics (content) and skills. Each major area of the grid is assigned target weighting. It ensures that the routine knowledge as well as the higher skills will be tested by the examination in the right proportions 3.3. Assessment of different levels of examination All subjects except Mother Tongue and Geography are examined on two levels: Basic (B) and Advance (A). For two subjects (Mathematics and History) starting this year A-level examination is replaced by State examination. The difference is in the form of administration (from local to centralised) and marking (from criteria-referenced to norm-based). ISSUE 4: EXTERNAL AND/OR INTERNAL (SCHOOL-BASED) FINAL EXAMINATIONS 4.1. The defini
