Evaluation of competency-based assessment literacy among general education male and female teachers In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Al Kasi, Abdullah; Omar, Assem; Azzam, Mahmoud

doi:10.21608/edusohag.2019.54709

Evaluation of competency-based assessment literacy among general education male and female teachers In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, King Khalid University

² Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, King Khalid University Faculty of Education, Sohag University, Egypt

³ Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, King Khalid University Faculty of Education, Minia University, Egypt

10.21608/edusohag.2019.54709

Abstract

This research amied at evaluate the literacy of the competency - based assessment of male and female teachers of general education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. To achieve this, two tools have been prepared: the competency-based assessment knowledge test, consisting of (26) item tests of the two types of selection and production of the response, and the measure of the trend toward the competency-based assessment of (35) individual. The two tools were applied to a sample of (225) teachers of general education in the second semester of the academic year (1439/1440). The results revealed a weakness in the level of the culture of assessment based on the competencies as a whole among the teachers of general education (the sample of the research) and percentage (57.14). The results also showed weakness in their knowledge of attitudes based on their competencies and attitudes towards them. Where they received a percentage (39%) of the total score competency-based assessment knowledge test, and a percentage (62.4%) of the total score of the trend scale towards competency-based assessment. The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the level of the literacy of the assessment based on competencies as a whole between the average scores of the sample of the research from Where both sex, specialized Academic, academic qualification and the number of training courses. In the light of the findings of the research, the researchers presented a set of recommendations and proposed research

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