RELEVANCE OF ASSESSMENT TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFFS

School administrators must be visible, student and teacher centered and must be willing to tackle issues concerning the welfare of the center of the curriculum, the pupils. They are responsible to design the foundation of teaching and learning pedagogy of the school and more importantly to provide high quality of education. Assessment gives us the needed data to diagnose these issues.

Consequently, assessment plays a very significant role pertinent to school administrators. It is considered as an effective tool in solving educational problems that do not have easy answers. It helps the administrators restructure the school curriculum considering the student behavior, school improvement plans, and other educational issues. Assessments are quite helpful to evaluate program effectiveness specially the teaching techniques and strategies employed by teachers. Through test results utilized in school, decisions about the school's curriculum are made. Basing on the information collected and interpreted, they are able to know the weaknesses and strengths of the pupils. This suggests that teachers should render and allot greater time to lessons which students are difficult with and lessen the time teaching the lesson they are excellent with.

The kind of education acquired by the pupils is being reflected in the quality of teaching rendered by schools. Therefore, the holistic development of the learners is the core goal of the school.