An exploration of the assessment for English (compulsory) at the Secondary School Certificate Examination of Dhaka Board

Abstract

This dissertation examines some imbedded problems of our assessment procedures at the secondary level education. The whole study was based on the English teachers who examined the answer script of the SSC English papers under Dhaka Board in 2006. This research reflects some assertion like marking variations among the examiners, the examiners quality, their education, recruitment, training and teachers' satisfaction of present assessment. Based on the teachers' opinion it highlights some important issues by which the assessment procedures could be built with less controversy and be accepted as a rigorous one. Thus, it goes on to consider the current situation of the secondary education assessment procedures and to suggest ways in which sustainable change can be effected by building on what teachers already do.