PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT FOR PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
PREDICTIVE VALIDITY OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT FOR PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN KADUNA METROPOLIS
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1995-03-03
Authors
HASSAN, HAUWA OMOLEMI
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Abstract
This study was conceived primarily because of many questions that came to the
minds of teachers and examination experts during a WAEC seminar in 1991. Many
education experts were sceptical about the continuous assessment tests - it's validity and
reliability and the disadvantages of incorporating the continuous assessment scores in the
final senior school certificate results.
The research, traced the beginning of continuous assessment in the Nigerian
Education System, and went on to find out the relationship between continuous
assessment scores and terminal scores. The research went further to discover, through
regression analysis, the predictive validity of continuous assessment scores for
performance in senior secondary school certificate examination.
The findings indicated that most of the continuous assessment scores that came
from the schools were haphazardly awarded and that most teachers overgrade their
students. Only five schools out of thirteen schools had significant correlations between
CASS and TASS scores and regression squares were low in eight out of thirteen schools.
Based on the findings, the researcher suggested that for more valid and reliable
continuous assessment scores the Federal and State Ministries of Education, teachers and
even students had to apply non - statistical moderation, remove bias from scoring and
take continuous assessment test more seriously.
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SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF EDUCATION
IN
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
Keywords
PREDICTIVE,, VALIDITY,, CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT,, PERFORMANCE,, SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL,, CERTIFICATE,, EXAMINATIONS,, KADUNA METROPOLIS