A Call for Justice: Challenging ZERO Scores in Creative Writing Assessment in GATE/ASET Examination 2025
We are deeply concerned about the recent scoring practices in the creative writing assessment of the GATE/ASET Examination 2025. Specifically, we wish to address the alarming trend of assigning ZERO scores to students' creative writing submissions, which we believe is unjust and detrimental to their educational experience.
- Impact on Students: The assignment of ZERO scores not only undermines the hard work and creativity demonstrated by students but also significantly impacts their motivation and self-esteem. Many young writers (10-11 age) pour their hearts into their narratives, only to be met with a harsh and discouraging score that fails to reflect their abilities or efforts.
- Lack of Clear Criteria:“Communicating Ideas in Writing (CIIW) works must be spontaneous and original pieces of writing clearly inspired by the prompt. Zero scores in CIIW are assigned to students whose work shows no plausible relationship to the prompt (off-topic) and/or is identified as a pre-prepared response.” this is a very unfair and a cruel statement to be issued. The criteria used to evaluate creative writing must be transparent and fair. Many students and parents have expressed confusion about the expectations set forth by the examiners, leading to inconsistencies in scoring. We urge the evaluation committee to provide clear guidelines that encourage creativity and originality rather than stifling them.
- Call for Change: We propose the establishment of a more supportive and fair scoring system that values and encourages creative writing. This includes: Implementing a rubric that assesses creativity, coherence, and engagement, rather than penalizing students with arbitrary scores OR re-do the test with clear guidelines. Providing constructive feedback alongside scores to help students grow and learn from their experiences.
- Ensuring that all evaluators are trained to recognize and appreciate creative expression in diverse forms.
- Request for Review: We respectfully ask the relevant authorities to review the current scoring practices and consider the voices of students, parents, and educators in this matter. A fair and just evaluation system is essential for fostering a love of writing and creativity in our young learners.
By signing this petition, we stand united in our demand for a fair reassessment of the creative writing scoring system in the GATE/ASET Examination. We believe that every student deserves to be recognized for their unique voice and creative talents.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
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Reached 100 supporters
June 18, 2025
55 Comments
This is really shocked to here and heart breaking to hear parents voices about zero. Please review those who affected . Most of them are not poor hand writing, not off track not pre remembered story. Pls provide an guide line for writing marking criteria in gate website
My son got zero for handwriting. He got general score but won’t so bad. This is unfair to those students put big efforts. This is important exam for students zero can’t reflect the standard/skill of a student. Cheers!
A zero grade is inappropriate; it implies complete absence of effort or participation in the assessment.
This is totally injustice, my child is mentally disturbed after seeing the zero score , she is only age 11. There was lot of hard work being put on by my child and rest of family.
Marking zero is unacceptable. This is the writing part, so each has their own way of thinking. The team can only evaluate but not say it completely wrong. Disappointed
This marking standard does not accurately reflect the capability of students and unfairly disadvantages kids who should be given the opportunity to learn at the level of their actual capability.
You can't assume ita prepared one...
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A Call for Justice: Challenging ZERO Scores in Creative Writing Assessment in GATE/ASET Examination 2025
We are deeply concerned about the recent scoring practices in the creative writing assessment of the GATE/ASET Examination 2025. Specifically, we wish to address the alarming trend of assigning ZERO scores to students' creative writing submissions, which we believe is unjust and detrimental to their educational experience.
- Impact on Students: The assignment of ZERO scores not only undermines the hard work and creativity demonstrated by students but also significantly impacts their motivation and self-esteem. Many young writers (10-11 age) pour their hearts into their narratives, only to be met with a harsh and discouraging score that fails to reflect their abilities or efforts.
- Lack of Clear Criteria:“Communicating Ideas in Writing (CIIW) works must be spontaneous and original pieces of writing clearly inspired by the prompt. Zero scores in CIIW are assigned to students whose work shows no plausible relationship to the prompt (off-topic) and/or is identified as a pre-prepared response.” this is a very unfair and a cruel statement to be issued. The criteria used to evaluate creative writing must be transparent and fair. Many students and parents have expressed confusion about the expectations set forth by the examiners, leading to inconsistencies in scoring. We urge the evaluation committee to provide clear guidelines that encourage creativity and originality rather than stifling them.
- Call for Change: We propose the establishment of a more supportive and fair scoring system that values and encourages creative writing. This includes: Implementing a rubric that assesses creativity, coherence, and engagement, rather than penalizing students with arbitrary scores OR re-do the test with clear guidelines. Providing constructive feedback alongside scores to help students grow and learn from their experiences.
- Ensuring that all evaluators are trained to recognize and appreciate creative expression in diverse forms.
- Request for Review: We respectfully ask the relevant authorities to review the current scoring practices and consider the voices of students, parents, and educators in this matter. A fair and just evaluation system is essential for fostering a love of writing and creativity in our young learners.
By signing this petition, we stand united in our demand for a fair reassessment of the creative writing scoring system in the GATE/ASET Examination. We believe that every student deserves to be recognized for their unique voice and creative talents.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
June 18, 2025
55 Comments
I think the kids writings should be assessed based on what they have written. Not on someone’s assumption that it could be a pre-prepared writing..
This is really shocked to here and heart breaking to hear parents voices about zero. Please review those who affected . Most of them are not poor hand writing, not off track not pre remembered story. Pls provide an guide line for writing marking criteria in gate website
My son got zero for handwriting. He got general score but won’t so bad. This is unfair to those students put big efforts. This is important exam for students zero can’t reflect the standard/skill of a student. Cheers!
A zero grade is inappropriate; it implies complete absence of effort or participation in the assessment.
This is totally injustice, my child is mentally disturbed after seeing the zero score , she is only age 11. There was lot of hard work being put on by my child and rest of family.
Marking zero is unacceptable. This is the writing part, so each has their own way of thinking. The team can only evaluate but not say it completely wrong. Disappointed
This marking standard does not accurately reflect the capability of students and unfairly disadvantages kids who should be given the opportunity to learn at the level of their actual capability.
You can't assume ita prepared one...
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I think the kids writings should be assessed based on what they have written. Not on someone’s assumption that it could be a pre-prepared writing..