the 1999 PROBE (public report on basic education) was a path-breaking effort to assess and evaluate the state of basic education in the country. some highlights of this report are available here and here.

a decade has passed and much has changed and much remains the same. so say jean dreze et al, in this report. read more

the annual survey of education report is an annual report on how 'india is learning'.
in its 4th report - ASER 2008 - released in Jan 2009, there are some interesting results.

background
they are among the few tests to check student learning.
they check rural kids from Std 1 to Std 5 (i.e., the primary cycle of schooling). read more

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An interesting dissection of the pitfalls of grades as a measure of performance in the related link below. I have heard some talk about moving to a graded system of evaluation here in India as well.

In the college I attended, grades were used and even though I benefited more often than not because of them, I always thought that it was a pretty unfair and mathematically imprecise manner of evaluation. read more

Secondary Education Boards/Schools around the world seem evenly divided in their choice of using Grades, Marks or a combination of both counting to points or grade-points. The Mark, Grade and Point descriptors seek to convey the educational import of the assessment. Society expects school assessments to be valid and reliable, and assessors meet this expectation. read more