Process-Oriented Evaluation at Elementary Schools (a Case Study of Mamaghan Region Education Office)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between teachers’ familiarity with process-oriented evaluation and their use of process-oriented evaluation in their classes in Mamaghan Elementary school. This is a descriptive – survey research and included all 180 primary school teachers in Mamaghan in the academic year 1392-1393, among whom 127 teachers completed the questionnaires. To collect the data, two researcher-made questionnaires were used. The reliability of the first questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach’s Alpha ).92), and the reliability of the second questionnaire was calculated through spilt-half method (.83). The results showed that teachers were less familiar with process-oriented evaluation and its tools, concepts, characteristic and principles. But, they had a positive attitude toward process-oriented evaluation and used it in their classrooms. The other finding was that teachers` degree and experience did not have a significant relationship with their familiaarty and use of process-oriented evaluation.