ASSESSMENT COMPETENCIES AND ATTITUDE TOWARD EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT: COMPARISON BETWEEN PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED AND NON-QUALIFIED UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

Abstract

This study was planned to find out level of assessment competency and professionally qualified and non-qualified university teachers’ attitude toward assessment. Survey method was used to collect the data for this descriptive type study. Population of the study was all public sector general universities of Punjab. Two stage random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. Total sample size was consisted of 120 teachers. Two instruments were used to collect the data from the respondents. First instrument was Assessment Competencies Questionnaire (ACQ) consisted of 28 items and the other instrument was Questionnaire about Attitude toward Educational Assessment (QAAEA) consisted of 27 items. Both the instrument was developed on five points Likert scale. Validity and reliability of the instruments were ensured through expert opinion and pilot testing. Mean,, standard deviation and independent sample t-test were used to analyze the data. It was concluded that professionally qualified teachers have high level of assessment competence as compared to non-qualified teachers. Moreover, there attitude toward assessment was same.