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The burning issue of Assessment in Public Education has been the subject of varied and innumerable discussions and consultations for almost four (4) decades. Numerous laws and decrees have been passed about the Evaluation and the way it will be implemented in the Public school area. The aim of this dissertation is to highlight in a multifaceted way, based on the literature review, the continuous and radical changes that have taken place in the field of evaluation and educational work, focusing on the most important reforms. The purpose of Assessment in Public Education is to give feedback so as better performances are achieved, stimulating and strengthening the School. If we approach the field of education as a system that functions like the human body, we will realize the great importance of evaluation and consequently of each of its stages, in order to achieve the maximum possible result. An integral part of the educational process should generally be the Evaluation of teachers, who are the vital factor that supplies oxygen to the process of learning. The education and training of teachers play a key role in the successful realization of teaching, in challenging and maintaining the students’ interest in the constant search and in the uninterrupted journey of knowledge and learning. It is a necessary condition to achieve the participation and interaction of competent and worthy teachers in the learning process in order to have the best pedagogical result. This research aspires through its results to outline the positions and views of teachers of Primary and Secondary education, around the subject of Assessment on three axes. Firstly, on the school unit evaluation, secondly on the educational work and thirdly on the teachers themselves. Our sample consists of 501 teachers who are either Permanent or Substitute teachers. The purpose of the research was identify the attitudes and perceptions of teachers towards the institution of the long-suffering Assessment and to identify the problems that exist Moreover, the research will enlighten the teachers’ beliefs on how the Assessment should be carried out. The research showed that teachers consider their evaluation acceptable as long as it is objective, reliable and linked to all areas of the educational process and the educational system in general. It also highlighted the concern of the teacherS uld be carried out. The research showed that teachers consider their evaluation acceptable as long as it is objective, reliable and linked to all areas of the educational process and the educational system in general. It also highlighted the concern of the teacher The purpose of the research was identify the attitudes and perceptions of teachers towards the institution of the long-suffering Assessment and to identify the problems that exist Moreover, the research will enlighten the teachers’ beliefs on how the Assessment should be carried out. The research showed that teachers consider their evaluation acceptable as long as it is objective, reliable and linked to all areas of the educational process and the educational system in general. It also highlighted the concern of the teachers related to thebody that would carry out the evaluation and the connection of the result with maintaining, their working place.