Assessment is part of curriculum implementation. Teachers must assess their students to measure their progress. In addition, teachers could be able to adjust their way of teaching.
With this matter, the Department of Education releases guidelines on classroom assessment for the K-12 program last April 01, 2015 (DepEd Order No. 8, s. 2015). According to the order, assessment is a process used to keep track of learners’ progress in relation to learning standards and in the development of 21st -century skills, to promote self-reflection and personal accountability among students about their own learning and to provide bases for the profiling of student performance on the learning competencies and standards of the curriculum. The department classifies it to two types namely: Formative is assessment for learning and Summative is assessment of learning.
Under the formative assessment, learners may be assessed individually or collaboratively. Individual formative assessment enables the learners to demonstrate independently what has been learned or mastered through the range of activities. Collaborative formative assessment allows students to support each other’s learning. Formative assessment is conducted before, during and after the lesson proper.
Under the summative assessment, learners may also assess by individual or collaborative. Its components are Written Work, Performance Task, and Quarterly Assessment. Written Work ensures that students are able to express skills and concepts in written form. Performance Task allows learners to show what they know and are able to do in diverse ways and by performing. Quarterly Assessment measures student learning at the end of the quarter.
To sum it up, this guideline helps teachers to determine students’ learning progress and their teaching capabilities in simple and concrete manner.
By: Catherine C. Pontanoza | Teacher I | Pablo Roman Elementary School | Orion, Bataan
