ASSESSMENT SCORE POLLUTION AS CATALYST OF POOR QUALITY OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE

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  • Umar Safianu Abukari Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana
  • Kenneth Asamoah-Gyimah Department of Education and Psychology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Ruth Keziah Annan-Brew Department of Education and Psychology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Simon Alhassan Iddrisu Department of Educational Foundations, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v12i1.5782

Nøgleord:

assessment, scores, performances, reliability, validity

Resumé

The present learners' dissatisfaction with their assessment scores in terms of their use, inferences, and educational improvements has urged many facilitators and examiners to train and prepare examinees to complete their assessments. The demand to raise assessment scores has resulted in conditions and practices that pollute and contaminate the reliability and validity of assessment scores. This study, therefore, seeks to examine the factors perceived as contributors to assessment score pollution. The study employed a descriptive survey to gather data and analyzed using means and standard deviations. A sample size of 248 teachers who had access to an Android device and internet connectivity were purposefully selected for this study. The results confirmed that factors related to assessment preparation, assessment administration, and external factors (parents and community) were the primary causes of assessment score pollution in the district. The researchers recommended that the District Education Service directorates should organize in-service training for teachers on testing procedures. Parents and the community should also be educated on the consequences of test pollution through parents’ association meetings and seminars by the district education office. Authentic and differentiated assessments were also recommended to replace the current standardized assessment practices.

 

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  • Umar Safianu Abukari, Bagabaga College of Education, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana

    Umar Safianu Abukari is a PhD Candidate studying Measurement and Evaluation at the Department of Education and Psychology of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interests include Educational Assessment and its impact on teaching and learning, with a special emphasis on Educational Measurement, Instrument validation (Test psychometrics), as well as developing instruments to adequately measure 21st-century skills, including critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving.

    Email: abukarisafianu@gmail.com

  • Kenneth Asamoah-Gyimah, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

    Kenneth Asamoah-Gyimah (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Education and Psychology at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has mentored several postgraduate students, including PhD candidates. He is an assessment and programme evaluation expert and, therefore, has his research interests in educational assessment, test psychometrics and educational evaluation-related research.

    Email: kasamoah-gyimah@ucc.edu.gh

  • Ruth Keziah Annan-Brew, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

    Ruth K. Annan-Brew (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Education and Psychology at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Her research interests include pedagogical techniques, mathematical education, and educational assessment, with a special emphasis on educational measurement, instrument validation, and differential item functioning analysis.

    Email: ruth.keziah@ucc.edu.gh

  • Simon Alhassan Iddrisu, Department of Educational Foundations, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana

    Simon Alhassan Iddrisu (PhD) is a senior lecturer and the Head of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. He has 15 years of working experience at the University. His research interests include educational assessment, instrument validation, and education-related research. 

    Email: aisiimon@uds.edu.gh, asiimon@yahoo.com

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2025-01-25

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Årg. 12 Nr. 1 (2025)

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