Choose the correct answer from the following code for the assertion and reason given below.

Assertion (A):Formative evaluation tends to accelerate the process of learning.

Reason (R):As against summative evaluation, formative evaluation is highly reliable.

ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

BBoth A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A

CA is correct but R is not correct ✓ Correct

DA is not correct but R is correct

Correct answer: (C) A is correct but R is not correct

Explanation

A is correct but R is not: formative evaluation does accelerate learning, yet it is not more reliable than summative evaluation.

Formative evaluation gives ongoing feedback during learning, which speeds up improvement.

Its main strength is diagnostic guidance, not high statistical reliability.

Summative evaluation, being standardised and terminal, is usually more reliable for grading.

So the reason wrongly attributes superior reliability to formative evaluation.

Formative and summative evaluation were distinguished by Michael Scriven in 1967.

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