ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION OF TESTING SKILLS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN CROSS RIVER CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT, NIGERIA

The purpose of this study was to investigate the Application of Testing skills among teachers in secondary schools in Cross River Central Senatorial District. Three research questions guided the study. The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprises of public Secondary Schools teachers in Cross River Central Senatorial District. A sample size of 189 teachers was used in a proportion of 10% and 20% of schools was selected using the proportionate stratified sample making a total of 24 schools. The research instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The instrument was confirmed valid by the researcher supervisor and two other experts. The reliability obtained using Cronbach’s alpha was 0.77 and the data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation and frequency count The finding of the study revealed that teachers apply good physical conditions but did not apply a considerable number of good psychological conditions in administering their classroom achievement tests. From the result of the findings, it was recommended that teachers should follow the basic technique underlying administration and scoring of teacher-made tests for effective performance in external examinations in secondary schools