Student Views on the Assessment Practices of Instructors during Instruction

Th e purpose of this study is to determine the degree of instructor’ assessment practices in the realization of the learning-teaching process in its various stages, in the identification of expected outcomes and various other practices in the same context by taking student views into account. The study was undertaken with 243 students attending Abant İzzet Baysal University Department of Education in the 2008-2009 academic year. Th e questionnaire used as data collection tool in the study was developed by the researcher. Th e results collected by means of student views showed that the majority of the instructors did not completely accomplish the tasks that they were supposed to do at the beginning of or during the teaching process in the framework of assessment. Also, in a similar manner, it was determined that the tasks that were expected from the instructors in the framework of performance-based assessment were not fulfilled by the majority of the instructors. The study presents important information to decision makers who create policies related to assessment in educational institutions.