CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN A JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN A JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL: A CASE STUDY
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1988-02
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PAUL, TURTON
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Abstract
The experiment was a case study of the operation of continuous
assessment in a Junior Secondary School, and determined experimentally
the correlation between continuous assessment scores in Integrated
Science and an externally applied achievement test. For Year Three
pupils, the achievement test applied was the Kaduna State Junior
Secondary Examination. In the cases of Years one and two, specially
prepared achievement tests were used.
The three achievement tests all showed high reliabilities; Year One
0.90, Year Two 0.81 and Year Three 0.85. The correlations discovered
between these tests and the accumulated continuous assessment scores
were; Year One 0.66, Year Two 0.77 and Year Three 0.77. These results
were of a high level of significance ( > 0.001 ).
As a validating measure, all the pupils were tested with Raven's
Standard Progressive Matrices, a non-verbal test of general
intelligence. The correlations between the scores on this test and those
on continuous assessment and the achievement tests were; Year One 0.37,
0.44, Year Two 0.49, 0.50 and Year Three 0.44, 0.48. These results were
well within the range of previously reported results and all were of
high significance ( > 0.001 ).
The results were also analysed to establish if there were
differences in the performances of boys and girls on the tests. No major
differences were discovered although a slight tendency in favour of boys
was noted.
The conclusion drawn was that continuous assessment in Integrated
Science, using the record keeping system devised for Kaduna State (the
NNPC system) would give reliable results which correlated well with
external measures. These results would also form a reliable basis for
the prediction of pupil performance. No statistical treatment of
continuous assessment test scores at the school level was involved, and
the study showed that consistent results could be obtained without such
practices.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello
University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (Science)
Faculty of Education
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria February 1988
Keywords
CONTINUOUS, ASSESSMENT, JUNIO, SECONDARY SCHOOL: