LESSON 1 CONTINUATION

Question 1

In line with the implementation of the Enhanced
Basic Education Act of 2013 (Republic Act No.
10533), the Department of Education is adopting
the enclosed Policy Guidelines on Classroom
Assessment for the K to 12 Basic Education
Program.
Effective School Year (SY) 2015-2016, the
Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for
the K to 12 Basic Education Program shall be
implemented in public elementary and secondary
schools nationwide.

Answer 1

Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K
to 12 Basic Education Program.

Question 2

is a joint process that
involves both teachers and learners. It is an
integral part of teaching and learning.

Answer 2

Classroom Assessment

Question 3

At the heart of this assessment framework is the
recognition and deliberate consideration of the
learners’ ___________
(Vygotsky 1978).

Answer 3

zone of proximal development

Question 4

is committed to ensure
learners’ success in moving from guided to
independent
display
of
knowledge,
understanding, and skills, and to enable them to
transfer this successfully in future situations.
From this point of view, assessment facilitates the
development of learners’ higher-order thinking
and 21st-century skills.

Answer 4

Appropriate assessment

Question 5

Assessment is a process that is used to keep track of
learners’ progress in relation to learning standards and in
the development of 21st-century skills

Answer 5

Classroom Assessment

Question 6

What is Classroom Assessment?

in
the development of 21st-century skills;

Answer 6

-to promote self-reflection and personal
accountability among students about their own
learning;
-to provide bases for the profiling of student
performance on the learning competencies and
standards of the curriculum.

Question 7

Assessment in the classroom is aimed at____________ well in relation to the learning
standards. Learning standards comprise content
standards, performance standards, and learning
competencies that are outlined in the curriculum.

Answer 7

helping
students perform

Question 7

identify and set the essential
knowledge and understanding that should be
learned.

Answer 7

Content Standards

Question 8

They cover a specified scope of sequential topics
within each learning strand, domain, theme, or
component. Content standards answer the
question, _____________________

Answer 8

“What should the learners know?”.

Question 9

describe the abilities and
skills that learners are expected to demonstrate in
relation to the content standards and integration
of 21st-century skills.

Answer 9

Performance Standards

Question 10

Performance standards answer the following
questions:

Answer 10

1. “What can learners do with what they know?”
2. “How well must learners do their work?”
3. “How well do learners use their learning or
   understanding in different situations?”
4. “How do learners apply their learning or
   understanding in real-life contexts?”
5. “What tools and measures should learners use to
   demonstrate what they know?”

Question 11

refer to the knowledge,
understanding, skills, and attitudes that students
need to demonstrate in every lesson and/or
learning activity.

Answer 11

Learning Competencies