RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT GRADES AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

This study focused on the relationship between Students Continuous Assessment Grades and Achievement in Secondary School Examination in Enugu State. Two specific purposes with two corresponding research questions and as well as two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised twenty-six thousand, nine hundred and seventy nine (26,979) students of 2021 academic session who graduated in public senior secondary schools in Enugu State. The sample of study comprised three hundred and ninety-four students randomly selected. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistical tool was used to answer the research questions while Linear Regression was used to test the hypotheses.  The findings from the data analysis showed that: there is a high positive relationship between continuous assessment scores of Students and their achievement in Civic Education in NECO SSCE, there is a high positive relationship between Continuous Assessment scores and students’ achievement in   Biology in NECO SSCE while the hypotheses revealed that there is significant correlation between the  Continuous Assessment scores and the students’ achievement in Civil Education and Biology in NECO SSCE in Enugu State. Based on the findings, the study recommended that: Government should promote continuous assessment program under federal and state levels for developing assessment techniques and our existing educational environment should be developed at level.