IMPACT OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

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IMPACT OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT IN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

According to Osunde, (2003) continuous assessment is a class room strategy implemented by teacher to ascertain the knowledge, skill, and understanding attained by pupils.

The introduction of continuous assessment in our schools is seen by many as  government positive reaction to the age long criticisms against  our system of education and an indication of the desire to improve the Nation’s process of assessing the product of  our educational system.

According to Ughamadu, (2004) continuous assessment is relatively not a new terminology in Nigeria education, the teacher assess the performance of the pupils in relationship to their achievement in the subject taught.

The concept of continuous assessment was ushered into the Nigerian education system by the Nigerian education system by the introduction of the Obanya and Onocha (2010).

The 6-3-3-4 system of Education. This system of replaced the 6-5-2-3 system assess was usually conducted by schools and external institution for certification and placement into the next level of education.

The national policy on education has directed that pupils be evaluated and certificated parthy  through the means of continuous assessment. Instrument devised for measuring the abilities and competence of pupils should measure.

The measure should reflect true performance of pupils. This study intended to evaluate the competence of teacher in construction, administration and securing of item devised for continuous assessment.

Continuous assessment, according to (Okpala and Onocha, 2001). Is also a special type of assessment which a teacher conducted in the school. Complete records give assignment and tests, grade these assignment and tests at some regular interval observed the behavior of pupils and take decisions the old system of assessment was one shot assessment the sense that examination was done only at the end of the term’s work, in some cases, pupils were net examined on what they have been used to one shot system of assessment only made use of tests, class assignments, quizzes, take home question and project were hardly used in assessing learners. This also used to be the situation   even with examining bodies like (N.T.I) Nigeria Teacher Institution and (WAEC). West Africa Examination Certificate, In the old system, Only the cognitive domain was assessed that is only the intellectual ability was examined. The affecting domain, interests, altitude. Feeling, emotions, of the learners were ignored in the assessment. The old system did not also consider fully the psychomotor domain except in very few instances.

Continuous assessment is a system of assessment that takes in to account the total experience of pupils throughout suggests the continuous assessment is total and aggregated over a period of schooling. Continuous assessment as a method of ascertaining what a pupils gains from schooling in term of knowledge and character development, taking into account all his/her performance in tests, assignment and other educational activities during the entire period of an educational activities during a given period of term, year, or during the entire period of an educational level.

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