Table of Specification

What is a Table of Specification? 2. Create a TOS following the standard format.

➡ a plan prepared by a classroom teacher as

the basis for test construction

➡ a tool used to ensure that a test measures

the content and thinking skills that the test
intends to measure

What is the importance of TOS?

➡ help teachers identify the type of items they

need to include on their tests

➡ provides the teacher with evidence that a .

test has content validity, that it covers what 3. The TOS requires some simple mathematical
should be covered computation that will result to proportional
➡ help measure higher thinking skills and lower allocation of test items per topic.
thinking skills of students

How to construct Table of Specification?

What are the things you need to know before
constructing a TOS?
1. The TOS requires a thorough knowledge of
Blooms' Revised Taxonomy.
1. Secure a copy of K to 12 Curriculum Guide.
2. Copy the Learning Competencies allotted for
each grading period in the table of specification
(TOS).
 Table of Specification

3. Allocate the number of hours needed in each

learning objectives and the percentage using
the formula: %= no. of hours in each objectives
divided by total number of hours multiplied by
100.

7. Put the total below each row.

4. Determine the number of item using the

formula: No. of Items = Total number of Items x
%

8. Placement of test items will be determined

when the test paper was finished.

5. Mark the learning competencies/test

questions appropriate for the verbs in each
level of ability.

6. After marking, allocate the number of test

items for each topic in each classification of Prepared by:
objectives. Flora Mae G. Reubal
BSED English 2D