Estimation of Transformed Continuous Assessment Scores of Rural and Urban Secondary Schools

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 80 - 86, 01.07.2022

Adeoye Oluseyi PETER

https://doi.org/10.55236/tuara.1062887

Abstract

This study examined the transformed continuous assessment CA scores of Osun State junior
secondary schools with a view to providing information on the procedure for transforming CA scores
for better comparability of scores among rural and urban secondary schools. The study adopted the
ex-post-facto research design. The population for the study comprised all junior secondary school
class III students who had CA scores during 2010/2011 session in both rural and urban secondary
schools in Osun State. The sample consisted of 1200 students selected using multistage sampling
technique. A proforma titled Continuous Assessment Scores Retrieval was used to collect CA scores
of the selected students in English Language and Mathematics. Data collected were analyzed using
percentages and Pearson’s Product moment correlation statistics. The results showed that the
transformed CA scores of rural and urban secondary schools were above the mean score in
Mathematics (62.70%) and English Language (66.0%). The result also showed that there was a
significant positive relationship between the transformed CA scores and raw CA scores obtained by
students in Mathematics and English Language (r=1.00; p<0.05). The results further showed that there
was a significant difference in the transformed CA scores of rural and urban secondary schools in
Mathematics (t=5.341; p<0.05) and English Language (t=4.395; p<0.05). Finally, it was observed that
Osun State Ministry of Education did not use standardized procedures (transformation models) to
transform the raw scores submitted by the schools. The study therefore concluded that
transformed CA scores of rural and urban seco

Keywords

transformed continuous assessment scores, Z-score and T-score, education

References

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