Republic of the Philippines

Laguna State Polytechnic University

Province of Laguna

GRADUATE STUDIES AND APPLIED RESEARCH

COURSE :Master of Arts in Education- Major in THE
COURSE CODE :THE-207
COURSE DESCRIPTION :Administration and Supervision in
Technology and Home Economics
TOPIC :Administrative and Supervisory
Uses of Tests and Measurement
PROFESSOR : Dr. Dolores D. Versano, EdD
REPORTER : Coronado, Juliet Nierva
INSTITUTIONAL EMAIL : 0320-3044@lspu.edu.ph

I. LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the lesson the learners are expected to;
1. Know the importance of tests and measurement in
school administration and supervision.
2. To appreciate the values and limitations of
educational and intelligence tests in administration
and supervision.
3. Apply the different types of tests useful in
administration and supervision.
II. DISCUSSIONS:

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY USES

OF TESTS AND MEASUREMENT
Definition of Terms:
 TEST is an instrument used to examine someone’s knowledge
of something to determine what he or she knows or has learned.
 MEASUREMENT is the process of obtaining numerical
description of the degree of individual possesses. Quantifying
of how much does learner learned.

IMPORTANCE OF TEST MEASUREMENT IN SCHOOL

ADMINISTRATION

The following are the importance of test measurement in school

administration:
1. For getting knowledge about the progress of the students and the
school.
2. For preparation of effective planning
3. For knowing the abilities and capacities of the students and the
school the personnel.
4. For discovering the needs of the participants.
5. For giving motivation.
6. For knowing the achievements in future.
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7. For research and experimentations.

TYPES OF TEST USEFUL IN ADMINISTRATION AND

SUPERVISION
Whether you like them or not, tests are a way of checking your
knowledge or comprehension. They are the main instrument used to
evaluate your learning by most educational institutions. According to
research studies, tests have another benefit: they make you learn and
remember more than you might have otherwise. Although it may seem that
all tests are the same, many different types of tests exist and each has a
different purpose and style
The 4 major Different Types of Testing
There are four types of testing in schools today — diagnostic,
formative, benchmark, and summative. What purpose does each serve?
How should parents use them and interpret the feedback from them?
1. Diagnostic Testing
 This testing is used to “diagnose” what a student knows and
does not know. Diagnostic testing typically happens at the start
of a new phase of education, like when students will start
learning a new unit. The test covers topics students will be
taught in the upcoming lessons.
 Teachers use diagnostic testing information to guide what and
how they teach. For example, they will plan to spend more time
on the skills that students struggled with most on the diagnostic
test. If students did particularly well on a given section, on the
other hand, they may cover that content more quickly in class.
Students are not expected to have mastered all the information
in a diagnostic test.
 Diagnostic testing can be a helpful tool for parents. The
feedback children receive on these tests let the parents know
what kind of content they will be focusing in their class and let
the parents anticipate which skills or areas they may have
trouble with.
2. Formative Testing
 This type of testing is used to gauge student learning during the
lesson. It is used throughout a lecture and designed to give
students the opportunity to demonstrate that they have
understood the material, like in the example of the clock activity
mentioned above. This informal, low-stakes testing happens in
an ongoing manner, and student performance on formative
testing tends to get better as a lesson progresses.
 Schools normally do not send home reports on formative testing,
but it is an important part of teaching and learning. If you help
your children with their homework, you are likely using a
version of formative testing as you work together.
3. Benchmark Testing
 This testing is used to check whether students have mastered a
unit of content. Benchmark testing is given during or after a
classroom focuses on a section of material, and covers either a
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part or all of the content has been taught up to that time. The
assessments are designed to let teachers know whether students
have understood the material that’s been covered.
 Unlike diagnostic testing, students are expected to have
mastered material on benchmark tests, since they cover what the
children have been focusing on in the classroom. Parents will
often receive feedback about how their children have grasped
each skill assessed on a benchmark test. This feedback is very
important to parent, since it gives them insight into exactly
which concepts their children did not master.
4. Summative Testing
 This testing is used as a checkpoint at the end of the year or
course to assess how many content students’ learned overall.
This type of testing is similar to benchmark testing, but instead
of only covering one unit, it cumulatively covers everything
students have been spending time on throughout the year.
 These tests are given — using the same process — to all
students in a classroom, school, or state, so that everyone has an
equal opportunity to demonstrate what they know and what they
can do. Students are expected to demonstrate their ability to
perform at a level prescribed as the proficiency standard for the
test.
 Since summative tests cover the full range of concepts for a
given grade level, they are not able to assess any one concept
deeply. So, the feedback is not nearly as rich or constructive as
feedback from a diagnostic or formative test. Instead, these tests
serve as a final check that students learned what was expected of
them in a given unit.
Other types of Tests

Placement Tests
These tests are used to place students in the appropriate class or level. For
example, in language schools, placement tests are used to check a student’s
language level through grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing,
and speaking questions. After establishing the student’s level, the student is
placed in the appropriate class to suit his/her needs.
Progress or Achievement Tests
Achievement or progress tests measure the student’s improvement in relation
to their syllabus. These tests only contain items which the students have been
taught in class. There are two types of progress tests: short-term and long-
term.
 Short-term progress tests check how well students have understood or
learned material covered in specific units or chapters. They enable the
teacher to decide if remedial or consolidation work is required.
 Long-term progress tests are also called Course Tests because they
check the learner’s progress over the entire course. They enable the
students to judge how well they have progressed. Administratively,
they are often the sole basis of decisions to promote to a higher level.
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Proficiency Tests
These tests check learner levels in relation to general standards. They provide
a broad picture of knowledge and ability.
Internal Tests
Internal tests are those given by the institution where the learner is taking the
course. They are often given at the end of a course in the form of a final exam.
External Tests
External tests are those given by an outside body. The exams themselves are
the basis for admission to university, job recruitment, or promotion.
Objective Tests
Objective tests are those that have clear right or wrong answers. Multiple-
choice tests fall into this group. Students have to select a pre-determined
correct answer from three or four possibilities.
Subjective Tests
Subjective tests require the marker or examiner to make a subjective judgment
regarding the marks deserved. Examples are essay questions and oral
interviews. For such tests, it is especially important that both examiner and
student are aware of the grading criteria in order to increase their validity.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY USES OF THE

DIFFERENT TYPES OF TESTS
 To maintain standards –
 To classify or select for special purposes –
 To determine teachers efficiency, effectiveness of methods,
strategies used (strengths, weaknesses, needs); standards of
instruction –
 To serve as basis or guide for curriculum making and developing
 To serve as guide in educational planning of administrators and
supervisors - to set up norms of performance –
 To inform parents of their children’s progress in school - to serve
as basis

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PUPIL’S PERFORMANCE

Here are some of the factors that may affect the pupil’s performance:
 The support and availability of the parents.
 Financial situation and standard of living. Sometimes it is observed
that students in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas get lower
marks.
 The geographical location of the educational institution.
 The diversity of student profiles in the same class
 The grouping together, in certain schools, of students with severe
learning difficulties, or with problems associated with psychosocial
integration in special education classes 
 The various practices pertaining to the student admission
requirements. Some educational institutions admit students
indiscriminately, whereas other selects them on the basis of
previous academic achievement or their results on aptitude tests.
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GRADING SYSTEM
Grading in education is the process of applying standardized
measurements of varying levels of achievement in a course.
Grades are earned in each course and are recorded on the student’s permanent
record. Evaluation of student achievement will be made in relation to the
attainment of the specific objectives of the course. At the beginning of a
course, the instructor will explain these objectives and the basis upon which
grades are determined.
In some countries, all grades from all current classes are averaged to create
a grade point average (GPA) for the marking period. The GPA is calculated by
taking the number of grade points a student earned in a given period of time
divided by the total number of credits taken.
The GPA can be used by potential employers or educational institutions to
assess and compare applicants. A Cumulative Grade Point Average is a
calculation of the average of all of a student's grades for all courses completed
so far.
The educational system of the Philippines was patterned both from the
educational systems of Spain and the United States. However, after the
liberation of the Philippines in 1946, the system changed radically.

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