Teacher's Performance in Developing and Using Tools for Collecting and Organazing Data in Descriptive-Qualitative Assessmnet

Abstract: The purpose of the present study is to investigate of teachers’ performance in developing and using tools for collecting and organizing the relavent data in descriptive-qualitative assessment. This study is conduted within a practical and qualitative framewok. The population selected for this study included the female teachers who performed the descriptive-qualitative assessment plan of the first grade to the third grade in elementary schools at Farashband, Iran. The final sample included 12 taechers who were selected through simple random sampling. The research instruments employed were interview (semi-structured) and the investigating of the documents (portfolio, checklist, anecdotal record and performance test). The data analysis was done through the descriptive statistics. The results indicated that the teachers have wrong interpretations of the mentioned tools and they have no adequate information regarding the potential goals of this type of assessment. In addition, the results revealed that the teachers do not develop and use the mentioned tools correctly. Also, the variety of tools might create ambiguity and misunderstanding for the teachers in many cases. According to these findings, this study recommends that there is a need for workshops for teachers with the purpose of raising their awareness and information, observing the teachre's practices, and encouraging the teacher's interactions.