Evaluation of Faculty’s Practices in Assessing Students’ Academic Achievement

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the practices adopted by the faculty of Najran University in the
assessment of students’ academic achievement through surveying students about the extent of
practices adopted by faculty members. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire
conducted and distributed to 345 male and female students from various colleges. The
questionnaire consisted of 37 items distributed to five domains: Practice assessment within
course description, philosophy of assessment, assessing of participation, assessment of
assignments and test practices. The results showed moderate level of practices adopted by the
faculty members at Najran University in assessment of students’ academic achievement. The
results also showed that there were statistically significant differences due to gender and the
type of college.