The title of the present work is “The Impact of Knowledge Control and Assessment on Learner and Teacher Relations: a Sociological Aspect”. The object of the research is issues related to checking and assessing knowledge of 10th and 12th school year learners. The aim of the research is to analyse in the social-pedagogical aspect and to disclose the impact of controlling and assessing 10th and 12th school year learner knowledge and skills on learner and teacher relationships. The hypothesis of the research states that objective assessment of learner knowledge functions as a precondition for positive learner-teacher relationships and promotes the learners’ wish to seek high results, as well as their wish to study. The objectives of the research are as follows: 1. To disclose the quality of learner-teacher relations. 2. To disclose attitudes of 10th and 12th school year learners towards controlling and assessment objectivity at schools of general education. 3. To distinguish the essential factors influencing the quality of learner-teacher relations. 4. To develop a general overview of the results obtained during the research and to provide related recommendations. In order to clarify what impact learner knowledge control and assessment has on learner and teacher relations, an experiment involving 508 school learners was carried out. The method used during the experiment was identification of responder opinions by questionnaire-based surveying. The survey was organised on the... [to full text]