Students daily study experience is dependent on both schoolwork and homework. Various studies conclude that students have heavy workload and a lot of homework and show a lack of interest and even aversion towards school. To compare and analyze parents assessment on the scale and amount of homework, the time spent on homework and its productivity. Within the education field homework is usually understood as an assignment given by the teacher to the students, which is to be done outside the lesson (Kidwell, 2004)

Teachers' Self-Assessment of Their Professional Skills According to the Teachers' Professional StandardThe expectations of teachers' role image have altered due to the quick changes in Estonian post-socialist society. Class teachers graduate from Tallinn University with a basic knowledge of teaching and readiness for continuous learning and self-development through daily work aimed at developing their professional competence. Teachers' 5th Professional Standard has been accepted to regulate teachers' work in Estonia. Participation in educational life fosters self-development and shapes professional and individual identity. Teachers' professional standard can guide teachers in assessing their own professional skills, including essential competence such as planning and guiding, creating the learning environment, motivating learning, co-operation, communication, and self-analysis. The research problem is: how do the teachers assess their professional skills? The data have been gathered using educational-ethnographic essay and a questionnaire clarifying the correspondence of teachers' professional skills to the standard of professional competence. The research is located within the qualitative paradigm. The highest value was attributed to the skill to consider the individual differences of each child and command of versatile teaching methods. The further development is needed in areas of sharing one's thoughts and experience with colleagues and parents' involvement in co-operation.

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