BATAC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Document Code: 300005-LG-QF-030 Version: 1.0

Effectivity: 13 October 2022 Revision: 00

VALIDATION TOOL (CONTENT/LANGUAGE)

FOR PERIODICAL TEST

NAME OF TEACHER: _______________________________

SUBJECT/GRADE LEVEL: ____________________________
DATE OF SUBMISSION: _____________________________

Note: This form is used to guide the teacher in preparing and refining the test items before approval for
reproduction and administration. Content validators shall accomplish this checklist from Part I to Part 2, c.1
then Part 2, c.2 for Language validators.

EVIDENT-/
NOT-
COMPONENTS REMARKS
EVIDENT-X
N/A
I TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
 Number of items per competency is computed
correctly
 A landscape layout is observed
 An A4 size of coupon bond is used
 The placement of the items is based on the
competencies
 Complete and correct signatories
II TEST ITEMS
a. Number of items and alternatives
 The test is composed of fifty (50) items with
four (4) alternatives
b. Format
 The font size ranges from 11-12
 Font style is Arial
 Line spacing is 1.15
 The margin is set at 1” in all sides
 The options or alternatives follow two-
column and one-column arrangement
 Sentence completion stem with blank and
period: alternatives begin with small letters
except for proper nouns
 Stem as a complete sentence: alternatives
begin with capital letters
 A portrait layout is observed
 An A4 size of coupon bond is used
c. Features
c.1 Content
 Test questions are aligned with the MELCs
 Each test question has four (4) alternatives or
options
 Alternatives or options are based on the
clearly stated stem

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 The alternatives do not consist of irrelevant

materials
 The stem does not consist of excess materials
 Alternatives are mutually exclusive
 Alternatives are homogeneous
 Alternatives are not expressed in textbook
verbatim phrasing
 Alternatives do not have:
-‘none of the above’
 -‘all of the above’
 Alternatives are arranged:
-numerically
-alphabetically
-sequentially
 Layout of each item is clear and consistent:
-alternatives are within a page/sheet
-alternatives are presented vertically or in
two-column
 Alternatives do not have complex multiple-
choice items or consist of different
combinations of options
c.2 Language
 The stem is written in:
-a direct question
-incomplete sentence
 The negative word in the stem is capitalized
 Alternatives are stated clearly
 Grammar of each alternative is consistent
with the stem
 Alternatives are parallel in form
 Alternatives are similar in length
 Alternatives do not have specific determiners
such as never, always, and only
 Alternatives do not have keywords
 Distractors are plausible
 Uses proper grammar, punctuation, and
spelling
 Items do not have unnecessary difficult
vocabulary
Reference: Principles of Test Construction on Multiple -Choice Test. SDCB. 2022

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