This research is aimed at exploring the practices of continuous assessmet (CA) by Englishrnlanguage teachers in Jimma Teachers college.rnIt explores if the EFL instructors use CA to assess their students' English language performance.rnThe study also explores how the instructors generally assess their students. In addition, it is alsornattempted to investigate what the teachers do based on the CA results. An effort is also made tornexplore if there are factors which hinder the practices of CA in the EFL classrooms in therncollege.In connection to this, the related literature was reviewed. To achieve this objective, EFLrninstructors in Jimma Teachers College and their 2nd and 3rd year language students participated inrnthe study.rnQuestionnaires were distributed to the available English teachers and to 141 (40%) of thernstudents selected using stratified random sampling. Ten EFL instructors and nine students werernalso interviewed to provide information about the practices of CA by EFL instructors in therncollege under study. These interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed. Five EFL instructorsrnwere also observed four times each while teaching in their formal English class. This wasrnconducted to see if CA is practiced in EFL classes and to identify the CA types which are mostrnfrequently used by the English teachers.rnThe results of this study show that most of the EFL instructors, (70%), in the college didn'trnalways use CA to assess their students' English language performance. It is also revealed that thernEFL instructors in the college were not practicing CA in their English language classes to thernextent expected of them. They use only tests, mid and final exams to record the students' grade.rnThe results of the investigation also point out that the EFL instructors didn't get adequate trainingrnon the practices of CA.rnIt is also found out that teachers' workload, the large class they teach, their extra responsibilitiesrnand lack of adequate training are among the major factors hindering the proper practices of CA inrnthe EFL classrooms in the college. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that therncollege should provide further training on CA in order to raise the instructors' awareness.rnFurthermore, it is recommended that the college should hire more teachers and administrativernworkers so that instructors' workload, trainer-trainee ratio (class size) and instructors' extrarnresponsibilities would be minimized.