Strengthening the Assessment Competencies of Prospective Islamic Religious Education Teachers at STAI Asy-Syafi'iyah Nabire

This study aims to analyze the improvement of the competency of prospective Islamic Religious Education teachers in assessing learning outcomes through learning in the Educational Evaluation Techniques course. This study uses a quantitative approach with a pretest–posttest design. The subjects of the study were 20 students of the Islamic Religious Education Study Program STAI Asy-Syafi'iyah Nabire who took the Educational Evaluation Techniques course. The data collection technique uses assessment competency tests and question item analysis assignments. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and learning outcome improvement tests. The results of the study showed that there was a significant increase in students' competence in compiling test instruments and analyzing question items after participating in practice-based educational evaluation technique learning. The average score of students increased from 61.4 in the pretest to 83.6 in the posttest. These findings show that applicable educational evaluation learning can improve the assessment competence of prospective teacher students. Therefore, higher education curricula for educational evaluation should be designed more practically and experientially to prepare professional teacher candidates to conduct learning assessments.