This study is primary on Assessment of students? performance in prose textbooks in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Seven public Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State where used for the study. There are a total of One Thousand, five hundred and forty six students in the seven schools. Three Hundred and Eighty-eight students were tested based on twenty five percent of the whole. Four instruments were used for the test. Two African prose passages and two non-African prose passages. The study reveals that students performed poorly on both aspects of African and non-African prose, indicating no significantly differences in students performances. The aspects of Literary devices shows that it is an aspect identified as a difficult area for students, similarly, the aspect of Literary devices to posed greater problems to students. The study recommended the inculcation of Literature studies at the first year of the Senior Secondary School. Students should be exposed to varied novels, inculcate Literature studies into recommended junior and senior secondary schools textbooks. Government should lay emphasis on training of teachers, provide varied prose texts with morals and interest.