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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 15

Topic: Assessment

Q15

An essential characteristic of formative assessment is—

  1. (1) to assign relative ranks and positions to learners.
  2. (2) tests and exams at the end of the year.
  3. (3) clarification of assessment criteria to the learners.Correct answer
  4. (4) to focus on quantitative means to achieve objectivity.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

Answer: (3) clarification of assessment criteria to the learners

  1. Formative assessment happens during learning to help children improve.
  2. When learners know clearly what a good answer looks like, they can check their own work, use feedback and plan next steps.
  3. Ranking learners, year-end exams and a focus on numbers alone belong to summative, comparative testing.

Trap: (4) sounds scientific, but formative assessment relies heavily on descriptive, qualitative feedback.