Assessment Management Practices in Outcome-Based Education in Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

Abstract

Assessment management in teaching and learning is one of the essential elements of Outcome-Based Education (OBE). This study aims to identify the assessment management practices among lecturers at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Polytechnic (PSMZA), with a focus on the differences between engineering and non-engineering departments. The research method employed in this study is descriptive research, utilizing a questionnaire, and involving 111 lecturers at PSMZA as respondents. The data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study's findings indicate that the level of assessment management practices in teaching and learning at PSMZA is high, with a minimum average score of 4.33. The results of the t-test show that there is no significant difference in the level of assessment management practices between the engineering and non-engineering departments. Furthermore, Pearson correlation analysis also reveals no significant positive relationship between the level of assessment management practices in both departments. The study's results indicate that the implementation of assessment management in teaching and learning at PSMZA is at a high level and is practiced consistently across all departments, regardless of whether they are in the field of engineering or non-engineering