 DepEd Order # 8, s.

2015

 Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment

for the K to 12 Basic Education Program
◦ Effective SY 2015-2016 the Policy Guidelines on
Classroom Assessment shall be implemented in
public elementary and secondary schools nationwide.

◦ Non-DepEd schools are encouraged to implement

these type of policy guidelines as well. However, they
are permitted to modify these policy guidelines
according to their Philosophy, Vision, and Mission with
the approval of the appropriate DepEd Regional Office
 Classroom assessment is an integral part of
teaching and learning.
 It recognizes the diversity of learners inside the
classroom.
 It ensure learner’s success in moving from guided
to independent display of knowledge,
understanding, skills , and to be able them to
transfer this successfully in future situations.
 It facilitates the development of learners’ higher
order thinking skills, and 21st - century skills.
 Assessment is a process that is used to keep track of learners’
progress in relation to learning standards and in the development of
the 21st century skills; to promote self-reflection and personal
accountability among students about their own learning; and to
provide basis for profiling of student performance on the learning
competencies and standards of the curriculum.
 Classroom Assessment is an ongoing process of identifying,
gathering, organizing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative
information about what learners know and can do.
 Diagnostic assessments (also known as
pre-assessments) provide teachers with
information about student's prior
knowledge and misconceptions before
beginning a learning activity. You can use
this for students profiling.
◦ It is seen as assessment for learning so
teachers can make adjustments in their
instruction.
◦ It can also be seen as assessment as
learning wherein students reflect on their own
progress.
◦ It is characteristically informal and is intended to
help students identify strengths and weaknesses
in order to learn from the assessment
experience.
◦ It can be given anytime at any time during the
teaching and learning process.
◦ It is a way to check effectiveness of
instruction.
◦ Its result will help teachers make good
instructional decisions so that their
lessons are better suited to the learners
abilities
◦ Formative assessment result can be
recorded to tracking learners’ progress
using systematic way, however it is not
included in the computation of grades.
 It is seen as assessment of learning , which
occurs at a particular unit.
 It usually occurs toward the end of the period of
learning in order to describe the standard reached by
the learner.
 It measures whether learners have met the content
and performance standards.
 Results are recorded and used to report on the
learners’ achievement. It is reported to the learners
and their parents/guardians, principals and school
heads and guidance teacher who should help
students cope with challenges they experience in
school.
CONCEPT DEVEOPMENT
 How are Learners Assessed in the
Classroom
1. Individual Formative Assessment
- enables the learner to demonstrate independently
what has been learned or mastered through a range
of activities such as check – up quizzes, written
exercises, performances, models, and even
electronic presentation.

2. Collaborative Formative Assessment

- (peer assessment) allows student to support each
other’s learning. Discussions, role playing, games,
and other group activities may be used as
performance-based formative assessment.
 How are Learners Assessed in the
Classroom
3. Formative Assessment in Different Parts of the Lesson
- every lesson has three parts: before the lesson, the
lesson proper and after the lesson.

.
Ex. Of Assessment
Methods :
1.Agree/disagree
Activities
2.Games
3.Interviews
4.KWL activities

5. Open-ended
questions
6.Practice
Exercises
Examples of Assessment Methods:
1.Simulation Activities
2.Recitation
3.Observations
4.Multi-media Presentations,
Quizzes(recorded but not graded
 Examples of
Assessment
Methods :
1.Checklist
2.Discussion
3.Games
4.Practice

Examples of
Assessment
Methods :
5.Performance
Tasks that emanate
from the lesson
objectives
 4. Summative Assessment
Components of Summative Assessment
Ensures that students
are able to express
Measures student learning learned skills and
at the end of the quarter. concepts in written
These may be in the form form. It includes
of objective tests, essays, long quizzes,
performance-based and unit or long test
assessment, or a
combination thereof.

Allows learners to show what they know and are able to do

in diverse ways. Includes skills demonstration, group
presentation, oral work, multimedia presentations, and
research projects.
Components Purpose Wheb Given
1. Assess learners’ understanding of
Written Work concepts and application of skills in written At end of the
(WW) form. topic or unit
2. Prepare learners for quarterly
assessment
1. Involve students in the learning
process individually or in collaboration with
teammates over a period of time At the end of
2. Give students opportunities to demonstrate and the lesson
integrate their knowledge, understanding, and focusing on a
skills about topics or lessons learned in a topic/skill
Performance specific real-life situation by performing and or lesson.
Task (PT) producing evidence f their learning.
3. Give students the freedom to express their
Several times
learning in appropriate and diverse ways
4. Encourage student inquiry, integration of during the
knowledge, understanding, and skills in various quarter
context beyond the assessment period

Quarterly 1. Synthesize all the learning skills,

Assessment concepts, and values learned in an entire
(QA) quarter.
The K to 12 Basic Education program uses a
standards and competency-based grading system.
All grades will be based on the weighted raw score of
the learners’ summative assessments. The minimum
grade needed to pass a specific learning area is 60
which is transmuted to 75 in the report card. The
lowest mark 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 (WW), Performance Task(PT) and Quarterly
Assessment(QA) every quarter. These three are
given specific percentage weights that vary according
to the nature of the learning area.
 FOR KINDERGARTEN
◦ Through checklists, the teacher will be able to
indicate whether or not the child is able to
demonstrate knowledge and/or perform the task
expected to a Kindergarten learner.
◦ Through anecdotal records or narrative reports,
teachers will be able to describe learners’ behavior,
attitude, and effort in school work.
◦ Learners should have portfolio where the teacher
can compile the learner’s accomplished activity
sheets, writing samples, and artwork which can
provide a concrete evidence of how much or how
well the learner is able to accomplish the skills and
competencies.
 FOR GRADES 1 TO 12
◦ In a grading period, there is only one Quarterly
Assessment

◦ There is no required number of Written Work and

Performance Task, but these must be spread out
over the quarter and used to assess learners’ skills
after each unit has been taught.
 Step 1. Grades from all student work are
added up.
 This results in the total score for each

component, namely Written Work (WW),

Performance Task (PT) and Quarterly
Assessment (QA).
 Raw scores from each component have to

be converted to a Percentage Score to

ensure that values are parallel to each
other.
 Step 2. The sum for each component is
converted
to the Percentage Score (PS)
 Step 3. Percentage Score (PS) are then
converted to Weighted Score(WS)
to
show the importance of each
component
in promoting learning in different
subjects.

WS = PS x Weight of Component

Weight of each component is different in

every learning area.
Step 4: The sum of the Weighted Score in each
component is the Initial Grade. This
Initial Grade will be transmuted using
the given transmutation table

o Step 5: The Quarterly Grade for each

learning
area is written in the report card of the
student.
 Weight of the Component for Grades 1 – 10
 Weight of the component for Senior High School
 For MAPEH , individual grades are given to each
area, namely, Music, Arts, Physical Education,
and Health. The quarterly grade for MAPEH is the
average of the quarterly grades in the four areas.

 For Kindergarten, there are no numerical grades

only descriptions of the learners’ progress in the
various learning areas which are represented by
using checklists and student portfolios.
For Grades 1-10, the average of the Quarterly Grades produces the Final
Grade. The General Average is computed by dividing the sum of all final
grades by the total number of learning area.

QUARTER Final
Learning Area 1 2 3 4 Grade

Filipino 80 89 86 84 85
English 89 90 92 87 90
Mathematics 82 85 83 83 83
Science 86 87 85 84 86
Araling Panlipunan 90 92 91 89 91
Edukasyon sa
89 93 90 88 90
Pagpapakatao (EsP)
EPP/TLE 80 81 84 79 81
MAPEH 85 86 85 84 85
General Average 86
 For Grades 11 and 12
The two quarters determine the final grade in a
semester
 Grade 11, 2nd Semester of ABM Strand
Quarter 2 nd Semester
SUBJECTS Final grade
3 4

Core Subjects
Reading and Writing Skills 80 83 82
Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng iba’t ibang
86 85 86
Teksto sa Pananaliksik
Statistics and Probability 82 87 85
Physical Science 88 87 88
Physical Education and Health 90 88 89
Applied and Specialized Subjects
Empowerment Technologies: ICT for
80 83 82
Professional Tracks
Business Math 87 86 87
Organization and Management 85 81 83
Fundamentals of accounting, Business
84 81 83
and Management I
 The summary of Learner’s Progress is shown
Quarterly to parents and guardians through a
parent-teacher conference, in which the report
card is discussed.
 Descriptors,
DescriptorGrading Scale
Gradingand Remarks
Scale Remarks
Outstanding 90 – 100 Passed
Very Satisfactory 85 - 89 Passed
Satisfactory 80 - 84 Passed
Fairly Satisfactory 75 - 79 Passed
Did Not Meet Expectations Below 75 Failed
 Learners Promotion and Retention
LEARNERS PROMOTION AND RETENTION
LEARNERS PROMOTION AND RETENTION
Cont. REQUIREMENTS DECISION
4. Must pass all learning 1. Earn the Elementary
areas in Elementary Certificate
2. Promoted to Junior
High School
5. Must pass all learning 1. Earn the Junior High
areas in the Junior High Certificate
School 2. Promoted to Senior
High School
LEARNERS PROMOTION AND RETENTION
LEARNERS PROMOTION AND RETENTION

For Grades 11 – 12, learners who fail a unit/set of

competencies must be immediately given remedial
classes. If after interventions are given to students still
s/he fails in the subject(s) s/he must retake the subject
during summer or as a back subject.
MARKING NON-NUMERICAL RATING
AO Always Observed
SO Sometimes Observed
RO Rarely Observed
NO Not Observed
“They may forget what you said
but they will never forget how
you made them feel.“
-- Carol Buchner