Impact of Classroom Assessment, Management and Control on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Akwa Ibom State

Abstract

This article examines the effect of classroom assessment, management and control on the academic performance of secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State. Five hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population of the study comprised of four hundred senior secondary two (SS2) students in public secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area. A structured questionnaire for senior secondary two was used in testing the hypotheses and in conjunction with the SS two promotion examinations result scores obtained from schools visited, the analysis was done using simple regression. The result showed that classroom assessment, management and control significantly affect students’ performance. Many recommendations were made among them is teachers in Akwa Ibom State should adopt formative classroom assessment in every teaching process.

Keywords: Classroom Management; Classroom Assessment; Classroom Control; Students’ Performance