Rishikesh, B. S.
(2013)
Learning from the 'learning guarantee programme'.
Learning Curve (20).
pp. 99-102.
Abstract
The Learning Guarantee Programme (LGP) 1 was a
large scale student assessment based programme
conceptualized and implemented by the Azim
Premji Foundation across 5 states between
2003 to 2008. Implementing this programme
for over five years across the country provided
rich insights on a variety of educational aspects
as the learning was not restricted to getting only
a macro-level picture. Hence, the learnings were
far deeper than what large scale assessments are
believed to provide. The criticisms of large scale
assessments range from outright rejection of
the concept due to its’ summative nature to its’
ineffectiveness in contributing to improve student
learning. Interestingly, by incorporating certain
innovations and research within the assessment
design, LGP not only avoided the pitfalls of large
scale assessments, but was even able to extract
far more than what is traditionally expected from
assessments of this kind.
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