A comparison of efl teachers' perception of formative assessment in public and private schools

As an EFL teacher working in a public school, I was interested in finding out how EFL teachers in public and private schools perceived formative assessment in Turkey. This research was done to investigate how EFL teachers perceive formative assessment and whether there is a statistically significant difference between teachers' perception regarding the type of school they work at. The participants of this study were EFL teachers working in public and private schools mostly in Central Black Sea region. This study was conducted by using qualitative and quantitative research design. Data were gathered from 100 EFL teachers from 39 primary, secondary and high schools in Central Black Sea region in Turkey. This study showed that most of the participant EFL teachers perceived assessment in the same way but EFL teachers working in public and private schools differ from each other in terms of their classroom practices.