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KPSEA and KJSEA sit on top of a year of school-based evidence
CBC cohort assessment as of the September 2025 guide: continuous school-based work, then KPSEA at Grade 6 and KJSEA at Grade 9.…
Tag: Formative assessment
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Formative assessment in CBC: close it while the lesson is still warm
The weekday jobs — observation, a short quiz, an exit ticket, a peer check — and why they belong in Workspace, not…
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CBC lesson planning: the week has to exist before first period
SMART objectives, differentiation, formative checks — the ordinary craft. Link the 60 Decibels lesson-planning finding. Do not paste 94 percent into this…
Essay
The thermometer of education: take the reading while it can still change
A first-person note from 2012 at Kenyatta University Primary School, published January 2024. Formative assessment as a thermometer — not the exam…
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Kurasa analytics: a picture for the teacher, not a national dashboard
Real-time views of this class, this strand. The March 2024 data-analytics essay 301s here. Workspace screens only — not Daily Challenge, not…
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CBC for teachers: competencies, then the week you can actually run
The pillar for the how-to cluster. Learner-centred, inclusive, assessed as you go. The 2023 landscape and 2022 ABCs of CBC 301 here.…
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Foundational literacy and numeracy: formative first, tools second
Reading and basic number are the floor. A 2023 essay cited World Bank learning-poverty figures for that year. Kurasa’s claim is the…
Essay
What formative assessment looks like in twelve minutes
A register-to-competency routine that does not swallow the lesson: strands, a small group, and evidence while the class is still in the…
Essay
From assessment data to a Friday staff meeting
How a school uses a PSL insight report to decide what to reteach next week — without reconstructing the term from paper.
60 Decibels
Teachers say classroom participation and academics moved
90% reported more classroom participation; 87% reported improved academics. Teachers who saw gains had NPS 51; those who saw none sat at…
