Assessment Literacy Among Teachers of Technical and Vocational Education Training (Tvet) Centers in Region-6
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2005-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to examine teachers' training
background, their perception on their training back ground they had in
assessment of students' learning, the competence level of teachers in
the seven standards of assessment, and teachers' perceptions about
their abilities in the seven competence standards of assessment.
Beside, the relationship among their background, perception and level
of knowledge were investigated. To serve the purpose of the study 41
teachers available in the TVET centers of Region-6 form the sample of
the study. To gather data from the selected sample teachers'
assessment literacy questionnaire was administered. To analyze the
collected data, percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson product
moment correlation were used. The results indicated that most
teachers have taken less than one course on measurement and
evaluation during their college training and they believe their training
was inadequate. Most of them have no in-service training and they
showed low level of performance in the assessment competency test
and a large majority rated their abilities as "very good" in some
assessment skills. It was also found that experienced teachers and
teachers who have taken measurement and evaluation course during
their college showed better overall performance than teachers who
lack experience and who haven't measurement and evaluation course
during their college education. However, a significant difference is
not observed between teachers who believed their college training is
adequate and those teachers who believed their college training to be
inadequate. Based on these findings conclusion and suggestion have
been drawn
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