Abstract

ALVES, Maria Piedade; CUNHA, Pedro; LOURENCO, Abílio Afonso  and  MONTEIRO, Ana Paula. Teachers' perceptions about teacher performance assessment. Rev. Port. de Educação [online]. 2018, vol.31, n.1, pp.61-78. ISSN 0871-9187.  https://doi.org/0.21814/rpe.14082.

There is a consensus about the idea that the development of a country depends on the quality of its education. The Teaching Performance Assessment arises because the Ministry of Education believes that it can contribute to the quality of education, as well as to the personal and professional development of the teachers. However, the issue is complex and it gave origin to intense teaching and union´s contestation in Portugal. This research aimed to know how teachers perceive teaching performance assessment. We carried out a quantitative research study with a sample of 240 teachers, to whom we applied a questionnaire. The data were treated and analyzed using the structural equation modeling technique. The main conclusions point to, concerning gender, academic abilities and time of service, the existence of some associations with the perception that teachers have about the adequacy of the performance assessment. Results reveal that the teachers who present a better understanding about the performance evaluation consider to better attain its objectives; they also demonstrate a better scientific and pedagogical practice, and show less appreciation of the adequacy of the teacher evaluation process.

Keywords : Assessment; Performance; Teachers.

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