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Brikena XHAFERIprogress they made over time. The design of their study was both quantitative andqualitative. And the students were introduced about the portfolio at the beginningof the year but they dealt with the portfolio assessment on the second term of theyear, and they were explained in details. So, the result of the questionnaire indicatesthat their attitude was positive to portfolio-based learning.This study was conducted by Matsebatlela in 2005. It investigates educators’and learners’ experiences of continuous assessment (CASS) in the subjectCommunication Skills. In spite of the fact that continuous assessment is implementedin schools and tertiary institutions throughout South Africa, this study confinesitself to the teaching and learning of the subject Communication Skills at theDoornfontein campus of the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Questionnaires weredistributed to learners, and interviews were conducted with educators. The resultsfrom the data collected revealed that the university did not provide the educatorswith sufficient training in CASS. As a result, the educators were not adequatelyprepared to implement CASS properly. It is, therefore, crucial that the universityprovides such training to ensure proper implementation of CASS.The main advantages of continuous assessment are that it looks at the fullcapabilities of a student. It also requires students to keep up with their studyingas they go along and it takes place over a period of time. This is why continuousassessment should be included in primary and secondary schools in Macedonia.Research methodologyAssessment is always considered the crucial factor in education. With the changesof the system of education in our country, it is also improving the way of assessingstudents’ performance. The present study investigates teachers’ and students’attitudes towards continuous assessment at South East European University (SEEU)in Tetova, Macedonia. The study involves 20 teachers of SEEU who either hold MAor PhD Degree. Also, there were included 60 students of the Faculty of Languages,Cultures and Communications who study English, German or Albanian language.They were both genders male and female students where their age ranges from20-22 years-old. The students have different levels of language proficiency. Theresearch methods used are a student questionnaire and a teacher interview. Thestudent questionnaire contains 17 questions and the aim is to find out the students’attitudes towards continues assessment. It was developed based on different studentsand used for the purpose of the present study. The teacher interviews, on the otherhand, contain 14 questions and they were done with twenty teachers. They weredone at different times because they have been administrated individually in theLanguage Center of South East European University.Albanian Journal of Educational Studies 50