Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of School Based Assessment in Public Junior Secondary Schools in Benin City, Edo State

Abstract

The school-based assessment system is a holistic assessment system conducted in schools by subject teachers to assess the students’ cognitive (intellect), affective (emotional and spiritual) and psychomotor (physical) aspects in line with Nigeria’s Philosophy of Education. The study examined the factors influencing effective implementation of the school based assessment. The validity was carried out by three expert in the area of measurement and evaluation, the cronbach alpha technique was used to test the reliability of the instrument and a coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. The sample of the study consisted of 150 teachers in public junior secondary schools in Benin, Edo State. 14-item questionnaire on the factors influencing effective implementation of school based assessment was used as instrument for data collection. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions, while the hypothesis was tested with t-test at 0.05 alpha level. Results show that teachers’ level of awareness of school based assessment, school management’s attitude towards school based assessment and teachers’ classroom management were among the factors considered to have negative influence on effective implementation of school based assessment in secondary schools in Benin metropolis. The study therefore, suggests effective monitoring of educational policy implementation and timely in-service training for all teachers