1. P R E P A R E D B Y :
R O S E M I N A H B I N T I H A N A F I
D A Y A N G K H A I R U N N I S H A B I N T I A B G M O H A M M A D
N U R U L S I T I H A S A N A H B I N T I H A S S A N
N U R I R F I N E Y E . H A I R O L A N D F R E D O
N O R S H E Y R E E N B I N T I S U R I N
F A I Z A T U N N A Z I R A H B I N T I S U L I M A N
P I S M P 3 . 0 9
Implementation of School Based Assessment
(The traditional system of assessment no longer
satisfies the educational and social needs.)

2. According to the former Malaysia Director of Education, Tan
Sri Murad Mohd. Noor,
“The attitude of too obsess to too many
standardized examinations in the national
education system are the factors to not being
able to achieve maximum level of creativity
and innovation. Too many examinations at
primary, secondary and university levels cause
students to not having time to develop their
talents, ability and potentials in an area of interest”
(Utusan Malaysia, 29th September 2005).

3. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong
KL,31ST OCT 2012
 Under PBS, the students will be assessed based on four
components, namely assessment by the school, central
assessment, sports, physical and co-curriculum
assessment and psychometric assessment.
 Malaysia Examination Board would also monitor questionaire
standards and quality of marking by teachers.
 Teachers are required to follow the Standard
Performance Documents (DSP) and not just depend on the
grades in examinations.

4.  Newly improved UPSR and
PMR examinations which are based on the PBS,
would be implemented beginning 2016 and 2014
respectively.
 Assessment would be carried out to see students’
progress, check on the effectiveness of teaching
and learning strategies and schools’ curricula. —
Bernama

5. There are four main reasons why PBS and its
implementation have been introduced.
1. PBS is expected to enhance the
meaningfulness of assessment where the
focus is more on pupils' development and
growth in learning rather than merely on their
scores or grades.
2. PBS is designed to reduce the over-reliance
on data (grades and scores) obtained
through central examinations in getting
information about pupils in the school system.

6. 3. It is anticipated that PBS will empower the
school and teachers to conduct quality
assessment of pupils. Therefore, school
assessment will be given due recognition and a
significant place in the overall assessment
system.
4. PBS ensures that the performance of pupils is
comparable to world standards in various
areas of knowledge, skills and competence, with
the introduction of a standard-referenced
assessment.

7. School Based Assessment implemented in school
 Some skills (e.g. data collection, implementation
of a plan, laboratory skills) cannot be effectively
assessed by paper-and-pencil examinations.
 SBA will enhance the completeness of public
assessment and assess different facets of students’
abilities.

8.  SBA implementation is maintained through the
process of mentoring, monitoring, moderation and
detection at various levels.
 SBA includes oral presentation to check the
students comprehension skill.

9.  Avoiding students from totally depending on those
high stake examinations alone (for their grade)
which created a lot of tensions and anxiety among
them.
 Teacher deliberately gather information (grading)
how well each student has achieved stated learning
objectives.

10. Roles of teachers
 Teachers will be given empowerment in assessing
their students.
 Nonetheless, the empowerment also comes
with the requirements of sufficient
knowledge and skills in using various informal
methods of testing and psychometric testing such as
diagnostic general ability, and aptitude test (Teacher
Education Department, Ministry of Education,
2007)

11. NSS Information Kit
11
Chinese
Language,
English
Language,
Liberal
Studies,
Chinese
History,
Design &
Applied
Technology,
History,
Information &
Communicati
on
Technology,
Visual Arts
Biology,
Chemistry,
Physics,
Science
Chinese
Literature,
Economics,
Ethics &
Religious
Studies,
Geography,
Health
Management &
Social Care,
Technology &
Living,
Tourism &
Hospitality
Studies,
Literature in
English,
Physical
Education
Music Business,
Accounting &
Financial
Studies
2012 Implementati
on
Part
implementation
(laboratory
work)
Deferred
implementation
Deferred
implementati
on
Deferred
implementatio
n
2013 Implementati
on
Part
implementation
(laboratory
work)
Deferred
implementation
Deferred
implementati
on
Deferred
implementatio
n
2014 Implementati
on
Implementati
on
Implementation School trial School trial
2015 Implementati
on
Implementati
on
Implementation Implementati
on
School trial
2016 Implementati
on
Implementati
on
Implementation Implementati
on
Implementatio
n
Summary of Strategic Implementation of SBA (as at Apr 2008)
No time-line for the implementation of SBA in Mathematics,to be reviewed in the school year 2012/13.

12. NSS Information Kit
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Queries Measures
Plagiarism  Major tasks will start and finish in the
lessons (e.g. planning and drafting)
 Teachers’ supervision
(e.g. oral presentations, information
profile)
Fairness  Assessment criteria
 A common assessment policy in
schools
 Moderation of SBA marks
Assignments  SBA handbooks will be provided with
clear assessment requirements and
detailed guidelines

13. References
 http://malaysiansmustknowthetruth.blogspot.com/
2012/10/school-based-assessment-will-be-fair.html
 http://www.umalusi.org.za/ur/Conferences/AEAA/
Grima%20G.PDF
 http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters-to-the-
editor/school-based-assessment-will-it-spur-
healthy-competition-1.209981