Arab Educational Information Network

It is not easy to promote a high quality education for all people. In order to provide educational requirements for the whole population, building and developing many schools, employing a large numbers of teachers and to developing the educational curricula are needed. “Authentic assessment” is an increasingly common discourse in education. A portfolio technique is a type of alternative assessments where a student has opportunities to select or develop their work which they think is the best to encourage their study skills and performance. A portfolio is a purposeful selection of student work by both the student and the teacher over time to track student development. The study aims at investigating Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers' difficulties in implementation portfolios. To fulfill the aim, a sample of (40) EFL preparatory school teachers taken randomly from different schools .A scaled questionnaire as an instrument of measurement is used in this research to be an investigation instrument. The results of the research proves that the hypotheses of this research is accepted, which means that Iraqi EFL preparatory school teachers face difficulties in implementation portfolio technique. (Published Abstract)