SCHOOL TESTING

Ma. Lourdes M. Franco

Center for Educational Measurement, Inc.
Board of Trustee, PEMEA
 National Needs
• Align contents of the national tests with
competencies; Match competencies and
test items
• Ensure reliable, valid and bias-free items
in licensure/board/national exams
• Standardized test for all grade levels to
ensure quality education
• Up-to-date Filipino-based psychological tests
• Need to Improve networks of communication in
the country in terms of school testing
• More research both in the public and private
schools
• More training for teachers and school personnel
in assessment, which will include dev’t of HOTS;
Adapt problem-centered learning
• Increased teacher’s knowledge of
“authentic” and alternative assessment;
Upgraded system/new trends of
assessment
• Review the curriculum because of
perceived notion that it is “too crowded”
• Determine if the test used is bias-free in
terms of learning outcomes
• Expert consultants
• Specific utilization and application of test
results to enhance teaching and learning
• Continued support by gov’t agencies and
private institutions
• No leakage of test items
• Concrete results of research studies
 Personal/Institutional needs
• Increased competence of teachers; open-
mindedness in shortcomings
• More training on IRT, item analysis for
teachers
• Knowledge in educ measurement
• Updated, continuous learning
• Training of teachers in the dev’t of higher
order thinking skills questions
• Align, correlate testing practices and
activities to institutional principles
• Data utilization of test results; analysis,
interpretation and validation of test results
• Awareness of assessment
• “authentic” assessment trainings
• updated and standardized test materials
• comprehensible inputs from peers – venue
to share ideas
• creative ways in announcing test results
• departmentalized examinations
• changing obsolete system of evaluation
• national measurement standards how to
assess students
• personality advancement test
• career guidance
• improve college admissions
• professionalization of all school personnel
 PROPOSED ACTION PLANS
• Annual PEMEA regional conferences
• Sharing of good practices; networking
• Influence policy makers in
improving/developing national policies in
testing
• Request test agencies to lower test
fees/prices
• Strengthening competencies of teachers in
assessing/monitoring student progress
• Informing curriculum-makers to review
existing curriculum