CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (CA) GRADES AND ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

This study focused on Correlational study of Continuous Assessment (ca) 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 and the students’ achievement in   English Language in NECO SSCE, there is a very high positive relationship between Continuous Assessment scores and Students achievement in Mathematics in NECO SSCE, while the hypotheses revealed that there is significant correlation between the  Continuous Assessment scores and the students’ achievement in English Language, Mathematics, Civil Education and Biology in NECO SSCE in Enugu State. Based on the findings, the study recommended that: Ministry of Education should organize seminars and workshop for English Language teachers at least once in a term in order to update their knowledge on the practice of continuous assessment.