The Effect of Descriptive Evaluation on Academic Achievement and Attitude towards School Among the students of primary school

Descriptive Evaluation pattern is conducted by using different devices like formative evaluation, performance tests, portfolio, observations record, self- evaluation, peer – assessment and paper–pencil tests. This pattern has been applied since 1382-83 academic year as experimentally in a few classes of Piranshahr city. This study was intended to investigate the descriptive evaluation effect on academic achievement and attitude towards school among 4th graders in Piranshahr. The statistical population Consisted of all male and female students of 4th grade in Piranshahr that estimated 132 individuals by multistage sampling. The method is Quasi? Experimental that 44 persons were in experiment group and 88 persons were considered as control group. Data collection devices were author- made study achievement test, by three micro–scales of mathematics, science and reading and writing tests and also the Quality of School Life Questionnaire. In order to do data analysis MANOVA was used. The results showed that students’ achievement of descriptive plan was higher than conventional one. There was a significant difference in students’ attitudes towards school in which the descriptive Evaluation group was positive than the other students.