DepEd group to develop K to 12 assessment system

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Education (DepEd) has created a national technical working group tasked to develop an assessment system for the K to 12 program.

In a memorandum issued earlier this month, Education Secretary Armin Luistro designated Undersecretary for programs and projects Dina Ocampo as chairman of the national technical working group. Nelia Benito, director of the National Education Testing and Research Center, will be the vice chairman.

“The group will formulate quality standards and protocols on assessment instruments development and administration, data processing, communication and utilization of assessment data,” the memorandum said.

The group will also design mechanisms on utilization of data to inform decision making at different levels of education governance.

Luistro also created four sub-technical working groups responsible for assessing the K to 12 program in the system, national, teacher, and classroom levels.

Meanwhile, Benito was tasked to formulate a system to assess quality student learning under the program.

The director of the National Educators Academy of the Philippines will head the sub-technical working group for teacher assessment, while the director of the Bureau of Elementary Education will head the group tasked to redefine formative and summative assessment in the school level following the implementation of the program.

The chairman shall convene meetings and deliberations of the national working group and provide regular feedback to the head of the agency, Luistro said.

The K-12 program, the flagship education reform program of the Aquino administration, will add two years to basic education starting 2016.