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    1) Formal testing was first introduced in the Philippines in 1924 to screen government employees, marking the earliest form of assessment. 2) In the 1960s, the government began administering national assessments from Grade 4 through high school to evaluate the country's educational system. 3) Recent developments include the abolition of the national college entrance exam in 1994 and the introduction of standards-based assessments in 2002 incorporating techniques like item response theory.

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    1) Formal testing was first introduced in the Philippines in 1924 to screen government employees, marking the earliest form of assessment. 2) In the 1960s, the government began administering national assessments from Grade 4 through high school to evaluate the country's educational system. 3) Recent developments include the abolition of the national college entrance exam in 1994 and the introduction of standards-based assessments in 2002 incorporating techniques like item response theory.

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    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TESTING IN THE

    PHILIPPINES

    1898 1924 1960-


    1925 1961

    During this period,


    In the Philippines,
    assessment methods Formal assessment in
    the earliest form of
    primarily relied on oral the Philippines
    and performance formal testing was The government
    introduced to originated as a administered
    tests, with limited government mandate
    emphasis on screen government national-level
    to evaluate the assessments for
    individual recognition employees prior to
    educational landscape students in Grade
    of performance. assuming office. of the country. The four through
    survey, known as the fourth-year high
    Monroe Survey, was school.
    recognized as the first
    comprehensive
    examination of
    Philippine education.
    1968 1969 1975
    1971-1972

    The government of
    the Philippines Under Presidential Degree
    implemented formal No. 146, the National
    assessment as a Fund for College Entrance
    directive to Assistance to Examination (NCEE) was
    investigate and Private Education FAPE administered the introduced as a nationwide
    assess the (FAPE) started College Entrance Test assessment with the
    educational testing programs, (CET). objective of enhancing the
    condition of the including the educational standards in the
    country. guidance and country.
    testing program.
    1978 1986-
    1994 1994 2002

    FAPE established the


    The inception of
    Center for Republic Act No. 7731
    testing in the field of
    Educational brought about the
    Measurement (CEM) career guidance The introduction of
    can be traced back abolition of the NCEE, standards-based
    as an independent eliminating the need for
    agency with the to its integration into instruments in the
    a national entrance Philippines by the Asian
    purpose of the practice of
    examination for Psychological Services
    administering testing counseling
    admission into post- and Assessment
    and measurement psychology. secondary degree
    services. Corporation (APSA)
    programs. revolutionized the field,
    incorporating innovative
    mathematical
    approaches such as the
    2009 2009 IRT Rasch Model.

    MARCH
    Filipino authors published a 2010
    The government of the special issue in the
    Philippines International Journal of
    implemented formal Educational and
    assessment as a Psychological Assessment, Republic Act No. 10029, also known as the
    directive to investigate exploring the comparison "Philippine Psychology Act of 2009," was
    and assess the between classical test theory enacted by President Gloria Macapagal-
    educational condition and item response theory Arroyo. This law further emphasized the
    of the country. role of assessment in the services provided
    by psychologists, expanding its
    application to various settings.

    REFERENCES:

    Gonzales, R., & Magno, C. (2011). Measurement and Evaluation in the Philippine Higher
    Education: Trends and Development. In Trends and Development in Philippine Education (pp.
    47–58). essay, Philippines UNESCO National Commision.

    Magno, C. (2010). In Educational Measurement and Evaluation Review (Vol. 1, pp. 140–149).
    essay, Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association.

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