EULOGIO AMANG RODRIGUEZ INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (EARIST)

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Module 3: Development of Classroom Assessment Tools

Part III: Preparing a Table of

Specification
Reporter: Carlos Jade L. Pelina (GROUP 3)
 Preparing a Table of Specification
A. Selecting the learning outcomes to be
measured
 Identify the necessary instructional objectives needed to
answer the items correctly.
 The list of instructional objectives will include:
 Learning outcomes in the area of knowledge
 Intellectual skills or abilities
 General skills
 Attitudes, Interests and Appreciation

 Use Bloom’s Taxonomy or Krathwohl's 2001 Revised

Taxonomy of Cognitive Domain as guide.
 Preparing a Table of Specification
B. Make an outline of the subject matter to
be covered in the test
 The length of the test will depend on the areas covered in its
content and the time needed to answer.

C. Decide on the number of items per

subtopic
 Use the formula to determine the number of items to be
constructed for each subtopic covered in the test so that the
number of item in each topic should be proportioned to the
number of class sessions.
 Preparing a Table of Specification
D. Make the two-way chart as shown in the
format 2 and 3 of a Table of Specification

E. Decide on the number of items per

subtopic
• A classroom teacher should always follow the general
principle of constructing test items.

• Test item should always correspond with the learning

outcome so that it serves whatever purpose it may have.

NOTE: TOS will help you limit the coverage of the test and identify the necessary skills or cognitive
level required to answer the test item correctly if properly prepared.
Preparing a Table of Specification
Preparing a Table of Specification
Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)

Composition of the Table of Specification (TOS)

I. Specific Objectives
 Refer to the intended learning outcomes started as specific instructional objective covering a
particular test topic.
II. Cognitive Level
 Sometimes referred as the cognitive demand of a test item.

 Pertains to the intellectual skill or ability to correctly answer a test using Bloom’s Taxonomy of
educational objectives.

 Entries in this column could be “knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis,

and evaluation.”
Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)

Composition of the Table of Specification (TOS)

III. Type of Test Item

 Identifies the type or kind of test a test belongs to.

 Example entries: “multiple choice, true or false, or even essay.”

IV. Item Number

 Identifies the question number as it appears in the test.

V. Total Points
 Summarize the given to a particular test.

 Example on how to compute:

Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)
V. Total Points
o Topic: Synthetic Division
o No. of Class Session discussing the topic: 3
o Desired no. of items: 10
o Total no. of class sessions for the unit: 10
Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)

Composition of the Table of Specification (TOS)

NOTE:

 The number of item for each level will depend on the skill the teacher wants to develop in
his students.

• In the case of tertiary level, the teacher must develop more higher-order thinking skills
(HOTS) questions.

• For elementary and secondary level:

• The guidelines constructing test will be as stipulated in the DepEd Order 33, Series of
2004.
Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)

Composition of the Table of Specification (TOS)

NOTE:

• The guidelines constructing test will be as stipulated in the DepEd Order 33, Series of
2004.

 Factual information 60%

 Moderately difficult or more advance questions 30%
 Higher-order thinking skills 10% (for distinguishing honor students).
Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)

Formats of the Table of Specification (TOS)

a. Format 1 of Table of Specifications

Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)

Formats of the Table of Specification (TOS)

a. Format 2 of Table of Specifications

Different Formats of Table of Specification (Gronlund, 1990)
Formats of the Table of Specification (TOS)
a. Format 3 of Table of Specifications