ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING

Directions: Read the following questions. Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. Teacher G does not wait for the end of the term to find out how much the students learn. With which does
Teacher G agree?
A. Formative evaluation
B. Authentic evaluation
C. Summative evaluation
D. Norm-referenced evaluation

2. Even in the process of teaching, Teacher J finds out if her students understand what she is teaching. What is
Teacher J engaged in?
A. Summative evaluation
B. Criterion-referenced evaluation
C. Formative evaluation
D. Norm-referenced evaluation

3. Ms. Bermudez notes that Christine obtained a score of 40 points out of a possible 50 in the unit test. Which
concept is exemplified in the statement?
A. Assessment
B. Evaluation
C. Testing
D. Measurement

4. Which of the following is true about a standardized test?

A. A standardized test is easily made.
B. A standardized test allows meaningful comparisons between students.
C. A standardized test allows greater variability in testing procedures.
D. A standardized test is highly subjective.

5. Juanita discovered that some students had difficulty applying mathematical procedures to solve various word
problems because of their lack of knowledge and basic skills of basic algebraic concepts and operations. What
form of assessment did she use?
A. Diagnostic
B. Formative
C. Placement
D. Summative

6. Assessment affects all constituents within the school community. What does assessment provide parents?
A. Information to evaluate learner’s achievement
B. Information concerning learner’s needs
C. Information about the school’s progress
D. Information for long-range instructional planning

7. An English teacher would like to find out quickly if his/her students were able to understand the elements of
the short story they just took up in class. Which method is most proper for this?
A. Brief-constructed response
B. Essay
C. Observation
D. Oral questioning

8. Mr. Cruz asked other Social Studies teachers in his high school to review his periodical test to ensure that the
test items represent his learning targets. Which type of evidence of validity did he use?
A. Construct-related
B. Content-related
C. Criterion-related
D. Instructional-related

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9. The school’s guidance counselor administered two forms of the same personality test to the students. Which
type of reliability does she like to determine?
A. Equivalence
B. Internal consistency
C. Rater consistency
D. Stability

10. Ms. Sibug handles a large class of 50 learners. What type of test would be less time-consuming to grade?
A. Completion test
B. Essay
C. Multiple choice test
D. Oral questioning

11. How can validity of classroom tests be best insured?

A. Test items are aligned to the target learning outcomes.
B. Test items are suitable to all levels of students in a class.
C. Tests observe appropriate complexity of assessment tasks.
D. Multiple assessment test formats are used.

12. A Table of Specifications provides guidance in the preparation of a good summative test when it requires
A. equal number of items for all levels of learning outcomes across the intended unit of work
B. testing only the higher order learning outcomes to become more challenging.
C. the same test format to be used in the assessment of all the learning outcomes to maintain fairness
D. a balance distribution of items across the various levels of learning outcomes

13. Which test formats can similarly measure knowledge and simple understanding?
I. Binary II. Completion III. Short Answer IV. Essay
A. I and IV
B. II and III
C. III and I
D. IV and II

14. Planning the test as the initial phase in test development requires _____________.
A. specifying the purpose of the test
B. establishing the schedule for test administration
C. determining the instructional objectives to be measured
D. deciding on the format appropriate to the intended grade level

15. Alternatives of simple selected-response items must be related logically to the problem. Which of the binary-
choice items below adheres to this guideline?
A. Bones serve as framework of the body. Yes No
B. Does a Prime Minister head a parliament? Agree Disagree
C. Does a person’s religion dictate how he worships his god? Fact Opinion
D. One revolution of the earth around the sun takes a year. True False

16. Objective tests are preferred by students to essay type. What can essay assess, which objective tests cannot?
A. Applying reasoning skills to do problem solving
B. Organizing and integrating information
C. Comprehending the narrative of a discourse
D. Identifying the significant details of a communication

17. Item-writers of classroom summative tests are encouraged to prepare a table of specifications prior to item
construction to ensure content validity. The test should
A. cover the target learning outcomes for the instructional period
B. use test format appropriate to the reading ability of the learners
C. have an equal distribution of items across subject matter areas
D. arrange logically the competencies to be measured

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18. Below are different ways of utilizing the concept of discrimination as an index of item quality EXCEPT
A. getting the proportion of those answering the item correctly over those answering the items
B. obtaining the difference between the proportion of high-scorers and low-scorers
C. getting how much better the performance of the class by item is after instruction than before
D. differentiating the performance in an item of a group that has received instruction and a group that has not

19. Performance assessment tasks are utilized for assessing complex understanding. What is the learning
outcome appropriate to this kind of assessment?
A. Making weather prediction based on available data
B. Choosing the best paraphrase of a proverb
C. Associating significant inventions with their inventors
D. Composing an original design based on a theme

20. For the first marking period, John’s grade in Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health are 75, 78, 86, and
82. Calculating John’s grade in MAPEH, what is the associated descriptor?
A. Outstanding
B. Satisfactory
C. Very Satisfactory
D. Fairly Satisfactory

21. Junel’s score in a Reading assessment was low. When analyzing a text/story, he had trouble with sequences.
What should the teacher do for intervention?
A. Use context to support vocabulary acquisition.
B. Use graphic organizers to plot order of events.
C. Use thinking maps for cause and effect.
D. Use word structure analysis to create meaning.

22. Assessments are part of the day-to-day activities instead of just simply at the end of instruction. What
characteristic of 21st century assessment is described?
A. Systemic
B. Responsive
C. Flexible
D. Integrated

23. In the new K-12 Program, how many percent is given to Performance Tasks in Mathematics and Science?
A. 40%
B. 60%
C. 20%
D. 50%

24. Which is the percentage contribution of quarterly assessment to the grade of the student from Grades 1 to
10?
A. 15%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 30%

25. In MAPEH and TLE, which contribution(s) heaviest to the student grade?
A. Performance tasks
B. Written work
C. Quarterly assessment
D. Quarterly assessment and performance task

26. How is the final grade per subject for Grades 11 and 12 obtained?
A. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 4 semesters.
B. Get the average of the grades of all subjects for the 2 semesters.
C. Get the average of the grades for the 2 Quarters.
D. Get the average of the grades for the 4 quarters.
27. Which is TRUE of Kindergarten grades?
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A. There are numerical grades with descriptions.
B. Grades are compared like the grades in Grade 1.
C. Remarks like Passed and Failed are used.
D. There are no numerical grades.

28. To which DepEd core value does the behavior statement “Shows adherence to ethical principles by upholding
truth” anchored with?
A. Maka-Diyos
B. Makatao
C. Maka-kalikasan
D. Maka-bansa

29. Em got a score of 50 in a Science test which is the 80th percentile. What does this imply?
A. Em’s percentage score is 80.
B. Em’s scores is at or above 80% of the test scores.
C. Em’s score is below 80% of the test scores.
D. Em’s score is equivalent to a grade of 80.

30. If the distribution of test scores is negatively skewed, what does this reveal?
A. There are more students with low performance.
B. There are more students with average performance.
C. There are more students with high performance.
D. Students’ performance are the same.

31. If the item has a difficulty index of 0.45 and a discriminating index of 0.37, what must you do with the item?
A. Discard the item.
B. Save the item for future use.
C. Retain the item.
D. Revise the item.

32. Upon analyzing the test scores, it has found out that the mean is equal to median and the mode. What type
of distribution is observed?
A. Leptokurtic
B. Platykurtic
C. Mesokurtic
D. Skewed Distribution

33. There is a negative correlation between amount of practice and number of errors in tennis. What does this
mean?
A. The increase in the amount of practice does not at all affect the number of errors.
B. Decrease in the amount of practice goes with the decrease in the number of errors.
C. As the amount of practice increases, the number of errors decreases.
D. The decrease in the amount of practice sometimes affects the number of errors.

34. Assessment anchored on performance tasks on projects enables the students to use their knowledge in
__________.
A. relationship
B. context
C. essentials
D. prioritization

35. Which is one measure of attitude that consists of a value statement where you are asked to express your
degree of agreement or disagreement of a statement?
A. Likert scale
B. Interview schedule
C. Semantic differential
D. Checklist

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36. The Report Card is given every grading period to the pupil or student and the parents are informed of their
learning performance. This is a(n) _______ of the teacher stipulated in the Education Act of 1982.
A. role
B. obligation
C. accountability
D. responsibility

37. During the parent-teacher conference, the mother of one of the students of Teacher Aissa complained about
the grade received by his child as part of the performance-based assessment in Science. The grade given was
78 and it was found out that it should be 81. What should teacher Aissa do?
A. Change the grade if parent asks to change the grade.
B. Change some entries of the computation of the grade to make it exactly 81.
C. Change the grade and explain what went wrong with the process.
D. Tell the parent that the additional three points will be added to the grade in the next performance assessment.

38. Which should Teacher Patrick consider in constructing performance tasks?

A. Focus on learning outcomes that require limited cognitive skills
B. Construct multiple task directions to indicate clearly the students’ tasks
C. Communicate performance expectations to the class president who will relay to his classmates.
D. Provide the necessary scaffolding for students to understand the task and what is expected.

39. Teacher A received a birthday surprise from her advisory class. On that day, they have schedules an oral
presentation of the investigative project. Since Teacher A was so happy, she gave almost everyone very high
grade. What kind of rating error did Teacher A commit?
A. Severity error
B. Logical error
C. Personal Bias
D. Leniency error

40. Students will gather evidence of accomplishments for each of the criteria and present these output clusters
that relate to the criteria given. Which type of portfolio is described?
A. Product
B. Process
C. Documentation
D. Standard-based

41. Teacher Zannie wants to assess the entire contents of the portfolio submitted by his students. What
assessment tool should he use?
A. Rubrics
B. Checklist
C. Likert Scale
D. Observation

42. Which of the following is a limitation of portfolio assessment?

A. Products can be used for individualized teacher diagnosis
B. Focus is on student’s strengths – what they can do
C. More time to develop criteria and score
D. Enhance student motivation

43. What should be the first step in planning for portfolio assessment?
A. Determine scoring criteria
B. Determine self-analysis content
C. Select entries to be included
D. Plan the purpose for assessment

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44. Mr. Fernandez is judging the accuracy of these statements. Which statements will he consider as correct?
I. Test is a tool to measure a trait.
II. Measurement is the process of qualifying a given trait.
III. Assessment is the gathering of quantitative and qualitative data.
IV. Evaluation is the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for decision making
A. I and II only
B. III and IV only
C. I, II, and III
D. I, III and IV

45. Mr. Umayam is doing a performance-based assessment for the day's lesson. Which of the following will
most likely happen?
A. Students are evaluated in one sitting.
B. Students do an actual demonstration of their skill.
C. Students are evaluated in the most objective manner.
D. Students are evaluated based on varied evidences of learning.

46. Mrs. Hilario presented the lesson on baking through a group activity so that the students will not just learn
how to bake but also develop their interpersonal skills. How should this lesson be assessed?
I. She should give the students an essay test explaining how they baked the cake.
II. The students should be graded on the quality of their baked cake using a rubric.
III. The students in a group should rate the members based on their ability to cooperate in their group
activity.
IV. She should observe how the pupils perform their tasks.

A. I, II, and III only

B. I, III, and IV only
C. I, II and IV only
D. I, II, III, and IV

47. In his second item analysis, Mr. Gonzales found out that more from the lower group got the test item 15
correctly. What does this mean?
A. The item has become more valid
B. The item has become more reliable
C. The item has a positive discriminating power
D. The item has a negative discriminating power

48. Mr. Reyes asked his pupils to indicate on the piece of paper the names of their classmates whom they
would like to be with for some group activity, what assessment technique did Mr. Reyes use?
A. Self-report technique
B. Guess-who technique
C. Sociometric technique
D. Anecdotal technique

49. Which of the following assessment procedures/tools is useful in assessing social relation skills?
A. Anecdotal record
B. Attitude scale
C. Peer appraisal
D. any of the above

50. What principle of test construction is violated when one places very difficult items at the beginning; thus
creating frustration among students particularly those of average ability and below average?
A. All the items of particular type should be placed together in the test.
B. The items should be phrased so that the content rather than the form of the statements will determine the
answer.
C. All items should be approximately 50 percent difficulty.
D. The items of any particular type should be arranged in an ascending order of difficulty.

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