Current Issue
This study presents the conceptualized analysis understanding about the current assessment practices and
the authentic assessment practices in education and integration of real-world task in classroom
assessment. The main focal point of this research is to identify the challenges and issues of classroom
assessment practices in the context of public secondary schools of Karachi Pakistan. The research was
conducted in Karachi East District. The samples of 100 were gathered randomly from the Government
Girls Secondary School Gulshan-e-Iqbal block 6 near NIPA, Government Girls Secondary School
University Campus adjacent to Karachi University, Government Boys Secondary school no. 2 near
Nursery Flyover, Ghausia Colony, Karachi. The survey questionnaire was developed on current
assessment practices. The findings of the study highlight that current assessment practices follow the
traditional settings and there is need to integrate different types of activities and feedback trends to make
students competent.
