Implementation of continuous assessment to contribute to advance students’ English language skills: the case of Hawassa college of teachers’ education

The main objective of the study is to assess implementation of continuous assessment to advance students’ language skills in Hawassa College of Teachers’ Education. To gather the relevant information from the concerned teachers and students, four data collection instruments were used. This study is aimed at investigating how continuous assessment contributes for the advancing students’ language skills. The data also showed that about half of the respondents described as continuous assessment sometimes indicates the actual performance of their language skill. It was also found that the majority of the students proposed that continuous assessment sometimes provides them with opportunities to identify strengths and weaknesses of their language skills. Therefore, based on the result of the study, it is concluded that the there is no much contribution of continuous assessment in improving language skills as expected by the researcher, teachers and students. This is because, most of the participants believed that continuous assessment meant to give either tests or assignments to help them to pass and score good grades than to work on language skills. After the exhaustive study in to the situation the researcher gave a few recommendations based on the main findings of the study.