AN ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ COMPETENCY IN TEST CONSTRUCTION ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JIGAWA STATE

Abstract

This study was carried out to assess the teachers’ competency in test construction on students’ performance of junior secondary schools in Jigawa state. Five objectives and five hypotheses were formulated to guide the conduct of the study. Survey research design was employed with population of four thousand two hundred sixty eight (4268) teachers. Three hundred and twenty seven (327) teachers were selected from the population of the study as sample for this study. The researcher adapted Teachers Construction Skills Inventory (TCSI) which was developed and validated by Agu (2013). The initial reliability index of the Teachers Construction Skills Inventory as reported by Agu  (2013) was r = 0.73. Data collected was statistically analyzed by using t-test independent sample in Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) at 0.05 level of significance. The result generated from the analysis of the data that showed that there is no significant gender difference in test construction competency among teachers of JSS in Jigawa state. The result also found that there is significant difference in test construction competency among professional and non professional teachers of JSS in Jigawa State etc. Some of the recommendations given by the researcher include; government should organize frequent seminars and work shop to the JSS teachers on how to construct valid and reliable test. Government should employ professional and qualify teachers, this will rely help in overcoming of constructing invalid and unreliable tests.