School-Based Assessment: Prospects, Challenges and the Way Forward

Fortune Solomon Nsebong

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Academic activities in any school setting comprise varieties of theoretical and practical works. For quality and accountability purposes, academic activities in the school system i.e. students’ level of comprehension, their rate of assimilation and teachers’ efficiency need to be assessed. Such assessment within the school system is known as School Based Assessment (SBA). SBA enables teachers to assess students' knowledge level, aptitude and skills acquisition in the three taxonomy of learning (cognitive, affective and psychomotor). The thrust of this paper compiled literature on the concept and importance of School-Based Assessment, types of School-Based Assessment, differences between School-Based Assessment and External examination, prospects of School-Based Assessment, challenges of School-Based Assessment and the way forward.


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