Republic of the Philippines

ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
R.T. Lim Blvd., Baliwasan, Zamboanga City
(AACCUP Accredited, Level II)

Vision Mission
ZPPSU as the leading provider of Provide effective and efficient services
globally - competitive human resources. through advanced technological studies and researches
for the empowerment of the nation’s human resources.

Professional Education Certificate

PEC – 104 Assessment of Students’ Learning
(36th Batch- Nov. 22, 2022- Feb. 18,2023)
Course Outline

I. Course Description:
The course focuses on the development and utilization of assessment tools to
improve the teaching – learning process. It emphasizes on the use of testing for
measuring knowledge, comprehension and other thinking skills including process
and product-based assessments. It allows the students to go through the standard
steps in test construction for quality assessment.

II. Outline:
1.Orientation Session with Introduction to Educational assessment.
2. Basic concepts in Assessment
- Educational Measurement
- Types of Measurement
- Indicators, Variables, and Factors
- Characteristics of modern educational assessment
- Various roles of assessment

3. Principles of Assessment
- Clarity of learning targets
- Appropriateness of assessment methods
- Properties of assessment methods

4. Development of assessment tools (knowledge and reasoning )

- Types of objective tests
- Planning a tests and construction of Table of Specifications
- General rules for item writing

5. Characteristics of a good test

- Validity
- Reliability
- Methods of testing reliability
- Common errors of Measurement

6. Item Analysis and Tests Validation

- Computing for Index of Difficulty
- Computing for Discrimination Index
- Table of non-plausibility of distracters
 7. Introduction to Statistical concepts
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Variability

8. Interpretation of tests scores

- Using Mean to interpret test scores
- Using Ranks and Standard Deviation to interpret test scores

9. Grading Systems
- Norm-referenced grading system
- Criterion-referenced grading system
- Alternative grading system
- Cumulative and Averaging grading system

10. Non-objective Tests

- Performance-based tests
- Performance Tasks
- Rubrics and Exemplars
- Creating Rubrics

11. Authentic and Alternative Assessment methods

- Authentic assessment
- Classroom Assessment technique
- Portfolio Assessment
- Creating a portfolio assignment

12. Evaluating Assessment plans and devices

- Factors to consider in evaluating assessment instruments.
13. Assessment in the K-12 Program
14. Assessment Strategies in Blended Learning

III. Course Requirements:

- Active participation in class proceedings
- Portfolio
5 sets – formative assessment (at least 20-items each)
1 set – summative assessment with Table of Specifications
2 sets – performance-based assessment with 3x4 rubrics scoring guide
Item analysis of the tried-out test
Fully completed statistics module
- Long Tests
- Major Exams
IV. References:
- Assessment of Learning I, R. De Guzman-Santos, Ph.D.
- Assessment of Learning Outcomes (Cognitive Domain) Book I, D. S. Gutierrez,Ph.D.
- E – books on Assessment of Learning