Practices of Formative Assessment in Public Schools: A Case of Bardiya District

Abstract

This research wasan effort to identify and explore the practices of formativeassessment and teachers' problemsregarding practicing formativeassessmentin public schools. Specifically, formative assessment as a tool of assessingstudents' learning during the teaching and how lower secondary Englishteachers are practicing formative assessment in public schools for continuousevaluation of thestudents.To meet theobjectives of the research, thirtyinformants were selected usingnon-randompurposivesamplingstrategy fromlower secondary level English teachers of public schools of Bardiya district. Aquestionnaire consisting ofboth closed-endedand open-ended questions wasused as thedata collection tool. The data wereanalyzed and interpreteddescriptively and statistically. The result of thestudyrevealed thatall theteachershave positive attitudesonformative assessment. Similarly,all100%teachers usedformative assessment and its tools like classwork, homework,weekly test, unit test, terminal exams, portfolio and project worktoevaluate thedifferent ability of the learners like physical, psychological and classroomparticipation. Thepresent study consists of five main chapters. The first chapter deals withthe introduction of the studyalong with the background of the study, statementof the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of thestudy, delimitations of the study and operational definitionsofthekey terms.The second chapter contains the review of related literature andconceptualframework. Similarly, the third chapterincludes designof the study,population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, datacollection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations.Likewise, the fourth chapterdealsthe analysis and interpretation of the data.Finally, chapter five comprises thefindings, conclusionandrecommendationsin policyrelated, practicerelatedand further research related. At the end, thereferences and appendices are included.