CRITERIA FOR SELECTING APPROPRIATE OBJECTIVES

1. The objectives should include all important outcomes of the course or subject matter.
2. The objectives should be in harmony with the content standards of the state and with the
general goals of the school.
3. The objectives should be in harmony with the sound principles of learning.
4. The objectives should be realistic in terms of the abilities of the students, time and the
available facilities.

CLEAR INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

2 STEPS:
1. State the general objectives of instruction as intended learning outcomes.
2. List under each objective a sample of the specific types of performance that students should
be able to demonstrate when they have achieved the objective.

Example:
1. Understand the principles of high quality assessment
1.1 Enumerates the principles of high quality assessment
1.2 Describes each principle in their own words
1.3. Identifies examples of each principle
1.4 Distinguishes between two given principles
1.5 Explains the relationship between the given principles

MATCHING THE TEST ITEMS TO INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

- Ensures content validity (measures what you want to measure from the students)
Example:
Objective: discriminate fact from opinion from Pres. Aquino’s first SONA.
Test Item: from the SONA speech of Pres. Aquino, give 5 examples of facts and 5 examples of
opinions.