Re-Exploring

DepEd Order No. 8 s. 2015

Noel A. Balares, PhD

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 Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K to 12 Basic
Education Program

Effective School Year (SY) 2015-2016, DepEd Order No.

8, s, 2015 was implemented in public elementary and
secondary schools nationwide.

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 Non-DepEd schools are urged to implement these policy guidelines
as well.

Non-DepEd schools are permitted to modify these policy guidelines

according to their school’s Philosophy, Vision, and Mission with the
approval of the appropriate DepEd Regional Office.

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SALIENT FEATURES

Grades are computed:

WRITTEN WORKS
PERFORMANCE TASKS
QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS

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How many have read DepEd Order No. 8, s. 2015?

How many teachers are implementing this Order?

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What are being assessed in the classroom?

1. Content Standards
2. Performance Standards
3. Learning Competencies
4. Concept Development

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TYPES OF ASSESSMENT Under DepEd Order No. 08, 2015

Formative Assessment
Individual & Collaborative

Summative Assessment
Individual & Collaborative

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WRITTEN WORK:

A. UNIT/CHAPTER TESTS
B. WRITTEN OUTPUT
1. Data recording and analyses
2. Geometric & statistical analyses
3. Graphs, charts or maps
4. Problem sets
5. Surveys
PERFORMANCE TASKS

A. PRODUCTS

A. PERFORMANCE - BASED TASKS

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 PRODUCTS

1. DIAGRAMS
2. MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATORY PROJECT
3. MODELS/MAKING MODELS OF GEOMETRIC FIGURES
4. NUMBER REPRESENTATIONS

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What is the Grading System?

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 What is the Grading System?
❖The K to 12 BEC uses a standards- and
competency-based grading system (see curriculum
guides)
❖Grades will be based on the weighted raw score of
the learner’s summative assessments.
❖The minimum grade needed to pass a learning
area is 60, which is transmuted to 75 in the report
card.
 What is the Grading System?
❖The lowest grade that can appear on the report
card is 60 for Quarterly Grades and final Grades.
❖Learners from Grades 1 to 12 are graded on
Written Work, Performance Tasks, and Quarterly
Assessment every quarter. These three are given
specific percentage weights that vary according to
the nature of the learning area.
 How is learner progress recorded and computed?

For Kindergarten (Guidelines was issued in a different Memorandum)

Checklists and anecdotal records are used instead of numerical
grades
Through checklists, the teacher are able to indicate whether or
not the child can demonstrate knowledge &/or perform the tasks
expected of K learners.
Through anecdotal records or narrative reports, teachers are
able describe learners’ behaviour, attitude, & effort in school work.
Teachers keep a portfolio for each learner which contains
learners’ output such as writing samples, activity sheets & artwork.
How is learner progress recorded and computed?

For Grades 1 to 12
In a grading period, there is one Quarterly Assessment but there
should be instances for students to produce Written Work and to
demonstrate what they know & can do through Performance Tasks.

There is no required number of Written Work & Performance Tasks,

but these must be spread out over the quarter & used to assess learners’
skills after each unit has been taught.
 Steps in Computing for the Final Grades

Step 1:
Grades from all student work are added up. This results in the
total score for each component, namely Written Work,
Performance Tasks, and Quarterly Assessment.

Raw scores from each component have to be converted to a

Percentage Score. This is to ensure that values are parallel to
each other.

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 Steps in Computing for the Final Grades
Step 2:
The sum for each component is converted to the Percentage
Score. To compute the Percentage Score (PS), divide the raw
score by the highest possible score then multiply the quotient
by 100%.

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 Steps in Computing for the Final Grades
Step 3:
Percentage Scores are then converted to Weighted Scores to show
the importance of each component in promoting learning in the
different subjects.
To do this, the Percentage Score is multiplied by the weight of the
component found in Table 4 for Grades 1 to 10 and Table 5 for Senior
High School. The product is known as the Weighted Score (WS).

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 Weight of the Components for Grades 1 - 10

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 Weight of the Components for SHS

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 Steps in Computing for the Final Grades
Step 4:
The sum of the Weighted Scores In each component is the
Initial Grade.
This Initial Grade will be transmuted using the given
transmutation table to get the Quarterly Grade (QG).

Step 5:
The Quarterly Grade for each learning area is written in the
report card of the student.
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 Steps in Computing for the Final Grades

Step 4:
The sum of the Weighted Scores In each component is the
Initial Grade.
This Initial Grade will be transmuted using the given
transmutation table to get the Quarterly Grade (QG).

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Steps in Computing
Grades
• Get the total score for
each component.

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Steps in Computing
Grades
• Divide the total
raw score by
the highest
possible score
then multiply
the quotient by
100%.

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Steps in Computing
Grades
• Convert Percentage
Scores to Weighted
Scores.
Multiply the
Percentage Score by
the weight of the
component

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Steps in Computing
Grades
• Add the Weighted
Scores of each
component.
The result will be the
Initial Grade.

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 Steps in Computing Grades
• Transmute the Initial
Grade using the
Transmutation
Table.

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HOW ARE GRADES COMPUTED AT
THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR?

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• For Kindergarten
There are no numerical grades in Kindergarten. Descriptions of
the learners' progress in the various learning areas are
represented using checklists and student portfolios.
• These are presented to the parents at the end of each quarter
for discussion.

• For Grades 1—10

The average of the Quarterly Grades (QG) produces the Final
Grade.

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The General Average is computed by dividing the sum of all final
grades by the total number of learning areas. Each learning area
has equal weight.

The Final Grade in each learning area and the General Average
are reported as whole numbers.

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• For Grades 11 and 12
The two quarters determine the Final Grade in a semester.

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How is the learner’s progress reported?

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IMPORTANT!

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How are learners promoted or
retained at the end of the
school year?

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• For Grades 1—10, a learner who Did Not Meet Expectations in
at most two learning areas must take remedial classes.

• Remedial classes are conducted after the Final Grades have

been computed. The learner must pass the remedial classes to
be promoted to the next grade level.

• However, teachers should ensure that learners receive

remediation when they earn raw scores which are consistently
below expectations in Written Work and Performance Tasks by
the fifth week of any quarter.

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For Grade 11—12, learners who fail a unit/set of competencies must be
immediately given remedial classes. They should pass the summative
assessments during remediation to avoid a failing grade in a learning
area/subject. This will prevent students from having back subjects in
Senior High School (SHS).

However, if the learner still fails remedial classes, s/he must retake the
subject/ s failed during the summer or as a back subject.

Summative Assessments are also given during remedial classes.

If the Recomputed Final Grade is 75 or higher, the student is promoted

to the next grade level.

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 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

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What is a TOS?
•a blueprint for constructing an exam or test.
•a tool that helps teachers align objectives,
instruction, and assessment.
•can be used to help teachers frame the decision-
making process of test construction and improve
the validity of teacher’s evaluations based on
tests constructed for classroom use
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What is a TOS?
•provides a simple structure for many different
kinds of questions.
•outlines the topics covered in the exam and the
cognitive level of each item.
•It is a two-way chart that describes the topics to
be covered by a test and the number of items or
points that will be associated with each topic
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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
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 List the learning objectives

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 Input the time spent in days or in hours

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 Compute for its weight by dividing the time spent
by the total time spent and express it in percentage

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 e.g.

5÷50x100

5 (no of hours or days)

50 (total hours or days

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 Decide on the number of
items of the test

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 Compute for the number of
items according to their
weight

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 e.g.

10% x 50 items=
5 items

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 Adjust the no. of items (if
necessary)

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 Check the totals for the
computed and adjusted items

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 In the placement of items
consider the distribution per
domain

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 e.g.

50 items x 30% = 15 items

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 This means
NUMBER OF ITEMS

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 This means
PLACEMENT OF ITEMS

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