Which of the following is not a characteristic of continuous comprehensive…

CONCEPT: Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) is a school-based assessment approach under NCERT/CBSE and RTE-aligned frameworks that evaluates students regularly throughout the year (continuous) and across all dimensions of growth -- scholastic and co-scholastic (comprehensive) -- rather than through a single mark-driven test at the end of a term.

APPLICATION: Applying this to the given statements, making evaluation part of everyday teaching-learning, covering all-round personality development, and assessing both scholastic and co-scholastic growth are all defining features that CCE was designed to build in.

CONTRAST:

• Evaluation as part of the teaching-learning process -- a genuine CCE feature (continuous assessment happens alongside instruction, not just at term-end).

• All-round development of personality -- a genuine CCE feature (comprehensive scope spans cognitive, affective and psychomotor growth).

• Assessment of scholastic and co-scholastic aspects together -- a genuine CCE feature (this dual coverage is literally what 'comprehensive' means here).

• Marks-based evaluation of a student's work -- NOT a defining CCE feature; CCE is designed to move evaluation away from a narrow focus on numerical marks, favouring letter grades alongside qualitative, multidimensional feedback instead of ranking students primarily by marks.

CROSS-CHECK: Cross-checking against CBSE's CCE scheme, which reports performance mainly through letter grades such as A1-E2 alongside qualitative/descriptive feedback rather than a single numerical mark, confirms that CCE was introduced specifically to move evaluation away from a narrow marks-based focus, so among the four statements, only the marks-based one falls outside CCE's characteristics.