Relationship of Assessment Competencies and Attitudes of Professionally and Non-Professionally Qualified University Teachers in the Universities of Punjab Province

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to investigate the assessment competencies and attitudes towards educational assessment of professionally and non-professionally qualified university teachers in Punjab and to identify the correlation between the two variables. The quantitative comparative research design was used, and 120 university teachers (60 professionally qualified and 60 non-professionally qualified) were studied with the help of the Assessment Competencies Questionnaire (ACQ) and the Questionnaire about Attitude toward Educational Assessment (QAAEA). The comparison between the two groups and the evaluation of the relationship between the assessment competencies and attitudes were performed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, and Pearson correlation. The results showed that professionally qualified instructors had high assessment competencies and positive attitudes regarding all factors in comparison to those with non-professionally qualified instructors. Also, correlation tests showed that there was a strong positive correlation between assessment competencies and attitudes towards assessment with stronger correlation being detected among the professionally qualified teachers. According to the study, the professional training and development is also valuable in increasing the skills of teachers, as well as their positive perceptions of assessment, which has implications of the quality of teaching and student learning outcomes in colleges and universities.