Perceptions and Practices in Assessing Students’ Learning

Assessment of student learning is a continuous process geared towards understanding and promoting student learning that will give the assurance of quality education. It is the most significant challenge in higher education instruction and one of the main roles of its faculty. This research investigated the senior high teachers towards their perceptions and practices in assessing students’ learning. The researchers conducted the study at Liceo de Cagayan University during the second semester of the school year 2016-2017. It relied on a descriptive survey method to investigate responses of 30 teachers. As to the profile of the respondents, the majority are females with Bachelor’s degree and are new to the teaching profession. The respondents look at classroom assessment as useful, beneficial, necessary, and added work to instruction. With regards to assessment practices, the respondents used various assessment tools ranging from traditional to alternative modes of assessment with slight differences in frequency of usage and are mostly attributed to the current curriculum of the senior high school that is outcomes-based. The educational quality of the teachers had no significant bearing on their perception and assessment practices. Moreover, gender and teaching experience caused a significant difference in the teachers’ perceptions and assessment practices.

Keywords: Perceptions and Assessment Practices, Assessment, Student- Learning