Testify aims to reduce the English literacy gap among children by providing standardized assessments and data-driven interventions. It was conceptualized by Shiv, Hardeep, and Jatin during their Teach For India fellowship to create 100 assessments. Testify assessments are created through a rigorous multi-step process involving drafting, review rounds, internal and external testing, and alignment to Bloom's Taxonomy to ensure validity, reliability, and appropriateness. The management team includes Shiv Poojan, Hardeep Kaur, Rahul Balakrishnan, Furkan Ahmed, and Jatin Ahluja who have experience in education and startups.

1. TESTIFY
Assess! Analyse!Assist!

2. Testify aims to reduce English literacy gap by providing standardized, levelled
assessments, and designing data-driven intervention to bring each child at grade level.
ELEVATOR PITCH
One day, all children will be able to read & comprehend grade level text.
OUR VISION
Empowering teachers to bridge the English literacy gap among children.
OUR MISSION

3. OUR VALUES
COLLABORATION
DEPTH
LEARN & EVOLVE

4. • Shiv, Hardeep, Jatin who conceptualized and ran Mission 2018 BTCP in their
fellowship in 2014-16 and created 100 assessments together.
ILLUSTRATORS AND
CONTENT CREATORS
• Creation of text, building on values and creating a positive mind-set.
• Adaptation of the texts, culturally appropriate to the Indian context.
• Scaffolding of the questions according to the skill set.
• Creation/Use of pictures (copyright royalty free).
QUALITATIVE
CONSIDERATION
• The people creating the assessment will be involved throughout the end-to
end process
• Alignment of assessment according to Bloom’sTaxonomy
CONSISTENCY OF
PROCESS
• ByTushar, Furkan, and Rahul for alignment, rigour, and standardizationINTERNALTESTING
• By industry experts
• By expert teacher - Kanika Gogia, B.El.Ed from LSR and M.ED. From Central
Institute of Education, currently a class teacher in elementary school, has
10+ years of teaching experience in Heritage School, KV, and MCD. She is
assigned to checkTestify assessments for appropriateness and validity
EXTERNALTESTING
PROCESS OF CREATINGASSESSMENTS
Step 1: Creation of
Text: First Draft
Review Round
It takes 2-3 days to close the first draft review round.

5. • Client’s verification and testing for quality/rigour/alignment to the blueprint.
• Service level agreement:Give feedback within x days. (with consensus)
CLIENT’S
VERIFICATION
• Designing of the assessment by a professional designer.
• Delivering of the assessments in PDFs.HANDOVER
Step 2:
Second Draft
Review Round
Step 3:
Third and Final
Draft Review

6. How do we standardize our assessments
Deciding the length of the text. Every level has
a set number of words to be used.
Choosing the appropriate vocabulary according
to the level of the assessment.
Use of proper punctuation throughout the text. Use of pictures aligned to the text.
Proper spacing between the words,
lines and paragraphs

7. Fellowship has given us the opportunity to understand children’s learning pace and their different mind-set. No two
children are alike. Somehow it can be bucketed in different categories to make the task of the teacher little easier.
So the purpose of any assessment is:
OUR LEARNING ABOUT ASSESSMENT DESIGN
To check the
performance
of the kid at
that point of
time.
To know the
weak and
strong areas
of the
assessment.
To bucket
children of the
same level and
understanding.

8. IMPACT OF ASSESSMENT
Examination/Assessments/Tests leave a huge impact on the child’s mindset/performance/confidence
Assessments impact teacher’s actions and behaviour in the classroom.
Changing examination system is the most effective way to change the education system.
To meet the above mentioned impact points, it’s very important to have an assessment in a student friendly mode.
• The assessments must meet the standards of quality.
• Assessments must provide a way for the teacher to inform instructions.
• Assessments must meet children’s need of self judgement.
• Creation of assessment must go through a rigorous process of multiple checkpoints.

9. Using grammar-check software.
Multilevel proof-reader checks.
InternalTesting by 3 different people from the cofounding team.
ExternalTesting by a teachers and industry experts having 10+ years of teaching experience
Follows Bloom’sTaxonomy.
ENSURINGVALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF ASSESSMENTS
Assessment is a product which can only be validated – if its error free and solves the purpose of the assessing a
child.
To provide error-free, reliable assessments, we are

10. Raz Level Text Level Word Count Sight words CVC Vocabulary
A 0 32
Pre- Primer- 25%
Primer- 25%
5% 45%
B 0.2 40
Pre- Primer- 50%
Primer- 0
10% 40%
C 0.5 55
Pre-Primer- 40%
Primer- 15%
Level 1- 10%
5% 30%
D 1 90
Pre-Primer- 20%
Primer- 10%
Level 1- 40%
10% 30%
G 1.5 110
Pre-Primer- 20%
Primer- 10%
Level 1- 20%
Level 2- 10%
Level 3- 10%
5% 25%
K 2 160
Pre-Primer- 30%
Primer- 20%
Level 1- 10%
Level 2- 10%
Level 3- 5%
5% 20%
N 2.5 180
Pre-Primer- 20%
Primer- 15%
Level 1- 10%
Level 2- 10%
Level 3- 15%
5% 25%
P 3 320
Pre-Primer- 20%
Primer- 15%
Level 1- 15%
Level 2- 15%
Level 3- 10%
5% 20%
R 3.5 330
Pre-Primer- 30%
Primer- 20%
Level 1- 10%
Level 2- 10%
5-10% 15%
Our analysis of levelled
reading comprehension
texts (international
standards)

11. MANAGEMENTTEAM
S h i v P o o j a n : B.Tech from NIT Raipur.
2 years teaching experience as aTeach For
India fellow.Worked in a start-up , Khel Khel
Mein Foundation for more than a year to
drive Program and Monitoring & Evaluation.
H a r d e e p K a u r : B-Com, M-Com,
Operations & Data Management, Worked
for 3 years prior toTFI fellowship in an
internet telephony start-up DreamTel as
Project Manager.
R a h u l B a l a k r i s h n a n : B.Com(H), PG
(XLRI), Advisory, Worked for 5 years prior to
TFI in a leadership role as an Area Manager
for ICICI Prudential Life InsuranceCompany.
Currently working as Recruitment Manager
Lead inTeach For India.
F u r k a n A h m e d : B-Com (H),
Advisory, A founding member of
www.escrapz.com, an e-waste
management portal. Also pursuing Legal
studies. Currently pursuing TFI third year
of fellowship
J a t i n A h u j a : B.Tech, Advisory,
A founding member of Project Aawaaz, an
NGO focused on empowering children in
low income/Government schools by
working on their public speaking and
debating skills.
T u s h a r Vo h r a : B-Com (H), Sri
Venkateshwara College, Advisory.
Currently working as Program Manager at
Teach for India.

12. ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR INTEACH FOR INDIA
October 2014 to March 2015
 Devising of a solution from a personal failure.
 1 year of average growth in Reading Comprehension in 6 classrooms in 6 months
July 2015 to October 2015
 Transformed into BTCP ‘Mission 2018’
 6 classrooms to 23 classrooms.
 0.4 years of average growth in Reading Comprehension in 23 classrooms in 3 months.
October 2015 to March 2016
 6 classrooms to 156 classrooms
 240 students to 7488 students.
 Piloted with a couple of MCD teachers to check feasibility in nonTFI environment.
• Rigorous High Quality • Internally and ExternallyTested
• OnTime Delivery• Multi Level Proof Checks
• Scaffolded
• Standardized & Levelled

13. We welcome your feedbacks
THANK YOU
contact: shiv.poojan2014@teachforindia.org
9910943638