Seyedeh Susan Raoufi Kelachayeh - Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan Branch,Islamic Azad University, Zanjan, Iran.

Background and aim Assessment teaching is considered as an activity which is conducted by a teacher in the process of teaching. Nowadays, around the world due to the improvement of making use of assessment by new trends such as portfolio in performance of learners is extremely considered in higher educational system.This quasi - experimental study was conducted to determine the effects of assessment teaching on awareness and attitude of professors of Islamic Azad University, Zanjan branch.Materials and MethodsSubjects were ۴۰ professors, working at nursing midwifery group in university of Zanjan. The data were gathered though questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, knowledge level, and attitude questions. The content validity of the questions was tested by experts and reliability of them was measured by test retest and the data were analyzed by SPSS package.FindingsResults showed that there was a statistical significant difference between the two tests.ConclusionIt can be concluded that education may increase attitude and knowledge and its using use in the university is suggested.

assessment, portfolio.