Opinions of Stakeholders about Evaluation of Middle-School Turkish and English Curriculum Dimensions

The purpose of the research is to describe the problems in the program evaluation field according to curriculum'sfour different dimensions, to search if the problems differ significantly according to students’ class level andteachers’, administrators’/inspectors’ seniority. The research used one of the quantitative research methods, the fieldsurvey model, which is descriptive research. The population of the research is Samsun city, and the target populationof the research is middle-school students, teachers of Turkish and English branches, inspectors and administratorsworking at secondary schools in Samsun city’s districts Atakum, Bafra, Canik and İlkadım. The research sampleconsists of middle-school students, teachers of Turkish and English branches, inspectors and administrators workingat middle-schools in these districts, chosen with stratified sampling, a random sampling method. In the research,“Survey of Defining Problems about Curriculum Dimensions” is completed by the students, teachers andinspectors/administrators. When the participants’ problems about the curriculum dimensions are examined, it isrevealed that the most common problems they face is the lack of adequacy of functionality, flexibility, practicality,scientificness and actuality of the dimensions of curriculum. It is concluded that students’ issues with programevaluation differ according to their class levels whereas the inspectors’/administrators’ problems with programevaluation do not differ significantly according to their seniority.