Abstract

• The main purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of the senior assistant teachers in the instructional uses of tests. This research is based on six categories: student evaluation/ grades, student motivation, instructional planning, time usage, student self-concept/ test anxiety and teacher self-concept. Quantitative research design and descriptive survey method were used in this study. A total of 200 senior assistant teachers from seven schools of Yangon Region, 100 senior assistant teachers from four schools of Bago Region and 100 senior assistant teachers from seven schools of Ayeyarwaddy Region. All participants completed the Educational Testing in Schools Survey (ETSS) (Delwyn & Deborach, 1991) and Mentor Teacher Survey (MTS) (Franklin & Jennifer, 2007) Questionnaire and demographic information. The realiability of questionnaire was shown to be satisfactory by the use of Cronbach alpha (α – 0.70). Based on the results of descriptive analyses, it can be said that the sample senior assistant teachers in this study were high in perceptions in the instructional uses of test (X ̅= 134.08, Standard Deviation = 12.75).