ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT LITERACY AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS OF KERINCI THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Perceptions Based on the observation in the field, the researcher identify the problem as follow: English teachers look at assessment as something that is final with a purposeof just giving students a grade. Most of them do not know the term of assessment literacy. The assessment practice is not more than grading activities. Meanwhile, conceptualizations of LAL have also started to include classroom-based perspectives, opening up for the possibility of including issues related to, for example, formative assessment. The purpose of this research was to To find out how do English teachers’ perception of Language Assessment Literacy at SMP Kerinci. The design of this research was quantitatif descriptive. In collecting the data, the researcher was distributed questionnaire to the respondents to assess their perception on LAL. Based on the finding of the resrech, 1). the total mean of teachers’ perception of Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) was 3.37. The range level of 3.37 based on the intensity of LAL is at the medium level. It mens that the teachers’ perception of LAL was at medium level. And it can be said that the techers sometimes used Language Assessment Literacy in English learning process. 2). the item anlysis of Langauge assessment literacy of knowledge components it was found that the total mean of this components was 2.63. Thus, it can be concluded that the teachers’ perception of LAL of knowledge component was at Medium level criteria. It means that the teacher sometimes used knowledge components in LAL. 3). Then, the item anlysis of Langauge assessment literacy of skills components it was found that the total mean of this components was 2.83. Thus, it can be concluded that the teachers’ perception of LAL of skills component was at medium level criteria. It means that the teacher sometimes used skills components in LAL. 4). In other hand, the item anlysis of Langauge assessment literacy of principles components it was found that the total mean of this components was 3.56. Thus, it can be concluded that the teachers’ perception of LAL of principles component was at High level criteria. It means that the teacher usualy/often used principles components in LAL