The main purpose of the study was to examine teachers' trainingrnbackground, their perception on their training back ground they had inrnassessment of students' learning, the competence level of teachers inrnthe seven standards of assessment, and teachers' perceptions aboutrntheir abilities in the seven competence standards of assessment.rnBeside, the relationship among their background, perception and levelrnof knowledge were investigated. To serve the purpose of the study 41rnteachers available in the TVET centers of Region-6 form the sample ofrnthe study. To gather data from the selected sample teachers'rnassessment literacy questionnaire was administered. To analyze therncollected data, percentage, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson productrnmoment correlation were used. The results indicated that mostrnteachers have taken less than one course on measurement andrnevaluation during their college training and they believe their trainingrnwas inadequate. Most of them have no in-service training and theyrnshowed low level of performance in the assessment competency testrnand a large majority rated their abilities as "very good" in somernassessment skills. It was also found that experienced teachers andrnteachers who have taken measurement and evaluation course duringrntheir college showed better overall performance than teachers whornlack experience and who haven't measurement and evaluation coursernduring their college education. However, a significant difference isrnnot observed between teachers who believed their college training isrnadequate and those teachers who believed their college training to berninadequate. Based on these findings conclusion and suggestion havernbeen drawn