creators_name: Azlin Norhaini Mansor, 
creators_name: Ong, Hee Leng
creators_name: Mohamad Sattar Rasul, 
creators_name: Rose Amnah Raof, 
creators_name: Nurhayati Yusoff, 
type: article
datestamp: 2013-12-18 09:08:49
lastmod: 2014-02-15 07:57:47
metadata_visibility: show
corp_creators: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
corp_creators: Open University Malaysia
corp_creators: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
corp_creators: Universiti Malaya
corp_creators: Multimedia University Malaysia
title: The Benefits of School-Based Assessment 

ispublished: pub
subjects: 1028
full_text_status: none
keywords: school-based assessment – SBA, benefits – case study 

abstract: School-based assessment (SBA) approach in evaluating students’ academic progress was officially introduced by 
the Ministry of Education Malaysia and implemented in-line with the Standards-based Primary School 
Curriculum, in stages starting in 2011 as part of Malaysia educational reform. Under this approach, teachers are 
given greater responsibility to design quality assessments that align with their students’ learning outcomes Hence, 
the objectives of this qualitative case study is focused on how the newly introduced assessment approach has 
benefits the teaching and learning process in evaluating Year 1 academic progress in three urban Chinese primary 
schools. Data collected from interviews involving three Year 1 Chinese language teachers found that teachers 
have very positive perspectives towards SBA and that overall both teachers and students have benefited from this 
system. However, there are also weaknesses that need to be acknowledged and improvements to be made. The 
findings implicate that for SBA to be successful, teachers need to be creative, using varying strategies in their 
teaching and exploiting repertoire of methods in assessing their students. Further study on the matter is inevitable 
in ensuring the success of SBA’s implementation.; (Abstract by authors)
date: 2013
date_type: published
publication: Asian Social Science
volume: 9
number: 8
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1911-2025
citation:   Azlin Norhaini Mansor,  and Ong, Hee Leng and Mohamad Sattar Rasul,  and Rose Amnah Raof,  and Nurhayati Yusoff,   (2013) The Benefits of School-Based Assessment.  Asian Social Science, 9 (8).   ISSN 1911-2025