EVALUATION OF TEACHERS’ COMPETENCIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study evaluated teachers’ competencies in the implementation of school Based Assessments in secondary schools in Rivers State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Five research questions and five null hypotheses were formulated to guide the conduct of the study. The population of the study consisted of secondary school teachers in Rivers State. The sample of the study comprised 500 secondary school teachers drawn through stratified sampling techniques. The instrument for data collection was designed by the researcher and titled “Competency Scale (CS)”. The reliability of the instrument was 0.89 showing that the instrument was quite reliable for the study. Mean score was used in answering the research questions while independent t-test was used in testing the five null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study show among others, the mean rating of male and female teachers on their knowledge in the implementation of school based assessment in secondary schools does not significantly differ, the mean rating of male and female teachers on the skills possessed by them for the implementation of school based assessment does not significantly differ, the mean rating of male and female teachers on their attitude towards the implementation of school based assessment does not significantly differ etc. It is based on the findings that the following recommendations were made, thus: there should be more awareness on the implementation of school based assessment in secondary schools in Rivers State. Similarly, teachers should be trained and re-retrained in the implementation of school based assessment in secondary schools in Rivers State.